Patent Attorneys and Agents Registered to Practice before the PTO

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Attorney / Agent Search
• Changing Contact Information
  • Address Changes
  • Name Changes
  • Status Changes (Agent to Attorney)
• Forms
  Address Change Form (Note: Adobe PDF. The address change form linked here is a fillable PDF form. It may be filled out using the free Adobe Acrobat Reader and then printed locally and mailed to OED.)
• Notice of Receipt by OED
• Contacting the Office of Enrollment & Discipline
• Entire File : attorney.zip (approx. 1.6 MB)

Attorney/ Agent Search

• Listing by Geographic Region

Changing Contact Information

Address Changes

Registered Attorneys and Agents are required to notify the Director of any changes of address separately from any notice of address change filed in individual patent applications. 37 CFR §10.11(a).

To change your home or business address you must notify OED in writing. You may submit the change of address by mail to:

Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks
Box OED
Washington, DC 20231

· Change of Address requests may not be made by a third party (such as secretaries or administrative assistants)

· Each registered Attorney or Agent named in the change of address must sign the change of address request.

NOTE: Changes to the roster available on the PTO Internet web site may take several weeks to be posted. For you convenience, please use a change of address form to change your address.

Name Changes

If you desire to inform the Office of Enrollment and Discipline of a change to your legal name and change your name on the roster records, you must provide appropriate marriage certification or court documents authorizing your new legal name.

Registration Status Changes (Agent to Attorney)

Individuals that are registered initially as a Patent Agent may later become registered as an Attorney upon becoming an Attorney. To change your registration status:

• Obtain an original "Certificate of Good Standing" from the clerk of the highest court in the State where you have been admitted to the bar, duly authenticated and showing the seal of the court, and indicating that you are a member in good standing of the bar of the court.
• ·Send the Certificate of Good Standing within six (6) months of its issuance and your letter requesting the change of registration status to:

  Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks
  Box OED
  Washington, DC 20231

Notice of Receipt by OED

Individuals who wish to receive an acknowledgment of the receipt of documents mailed to OED should include a self-addressed, postage-paid postcard to be used for this purpose.

The postcard should be addressed to you and identify each type of paper filed.

OED will stamp the receipt date on the post card and place it in the outgoing mail to you.

Contacting the Office of Enrollment & Discipline

Phone: 703-306-4097
FAX: 703-306-4134

Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks
Box OED
Washington, DC 20231