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RIN: 0651-AD15

Publication ID: Fall 2017

Title: Changes to Trademark Rules of Practice to Mandate Electronic Filing
Abstract: The United States Patent and Trademark Office proposes to amend the Trademark Rules of Practice to further strategic objectives of the Office to increase the end-to-end electronic processing of trademark applications by mandating electronic filing of trademark applications and documents. Certain amendments are being proposed to benefit the public by providing for more efficiency and clarity in the trademark registration process by conforming the rules to current practice and updating cross references.
Agency: Department of Commerce(DOC)	Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
EO 13771 Designation: Not subject to, not significant
CFR Citation: 37 CFR 2.6 37 CFR 2.17 37 CFR 2.52 37 CFR 2.54 37 CFR 2.190 37 CFR 2.193 37 CFR 3.25 37 CFR 3.73 37 CFR 7.6
Legal Authority: 15 U.S.C. 1123 35 U.S.C. 2

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	11/00/2017
NPRM Comment Period End	02/00/2018
Final Rule	08/00/2018
Final Rule Effective	10/00/2018

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: None
Small Entities Affected: No	Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
International Impacts: This regulatory action will be likely to have international trade and investment effects, or otherwise be of international interest.
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No
Agency Contact: Catherine Cain Senior Trademark Policy Attorney & Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure Editor Department of Commerce Patent and Trademark Office P.O. Box 1451, Alexandria, VA 22314 Phone:571 272-8946 Fax:571 273-8946 Email: catherine.cain@uspto.gov