[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 37, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 37CFR7.4]

[Page 312-313]
 
              TITLE 37--PATENTS, TRADEMARKS, AND COPYRIGHTS
 
  CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                                COMMERCE
 
PART 7_RULES OF PRACTICE IN FILINGS PURSUANT TO THE PROTOCOL RELATING TO THE MADRID AGREEMENT CONCERNING THE INTERNATIONAL REGISTRATION OF MARKS--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A_General Information
 
Sec. 7.4  Receipt of correspondence.

    (a) Correspondence Filed Through TEAS. Correspondence relating to 
international applications and registrations and requests for extension 
of protection submitted through TEAS will be accorded the date and time 
on which the complete transmission is received in the Office based on 
Eastern Time. Eastern Time means eastern standard time or eastern 
daylight time, as appropriate.
    (b) Correspondence Filed By Mail. International applications under 
Sec. 7.11, subsequent designations under Sec. 7.21, responses to 
notices of irregularity under Sec. 7.14, requests to record changes in 
the International Register under Sec. 7.23 and Sec. 7.24, requests to 
note replacement under Sec. 7.28, requests for transformation under 
Sec. 7.31, and petitions to the Director to review an action of the 
Office's Madrid Processing Unit, when filed by mail, must be addressed 
to: Madrid Processing Unit, 600 Dulany Street, MDE-7B87, Alexandria, VA 
22314-5793.
    (1) International applications under Sec. 7.11, subsequent 
designations under Sec. 7.21, requests to record changes in the 
International Register under Sec. 7.23 and Sec. 7.24, and petitions to 
the Director to review an action of the Office's Madrid Processing Unit, 
when filed by mail, will be accorded the date of receipt in the Office, 
unless they are sent by Express Mail pursuant to Sec. 2.198 of this 
title, in which case they will be accorded the date of deposit with the 
United States Postal Service.
    (2) Responses to notices of irregularity under Sec. 7.14, requests 
to note replacement under Sec. 7.28, and requests for transformation 
under Sec. 7.31, when filed by mail, will be accorded the date of 
receipt in the Office.
    (c) Hand-Delivered Correspondence. International applications under 
Sec. 7.11, subsequent designations under Sec. 7.21, responses to 
notices of irregularity under Sec. 7.14, requests to record changes in 
the International Register under Sec. Sec. 7.23 and 7.24, requests to 
note replacement under Sec. 7.28, requests for transformation under 
Sec. 7.31, and petitions to the Director to review an action of the 
Office's Madrid Processing Unit, may be delivered by hand during the 
hours the Office is open to receive correspondence. Madrid-related hand-
delivered correspondence must be delivered to the Trademark Assistance 
Center, James Madison Building--East Wing, Concourse Level, 600 Dulany 
Street, Alexandria, VA 22314, Attention: MPU.
    (d) Facsimile Transmission Not Permitted. The following documents 
may not be sent by facsimile transmission, and will not be accorded a 
date of receipt if sent by facsimile transmission:
    (1) International applications under Sec. 7.11;
    (2) Subsequent designations under Sec. 7.21;
    (3) Responses to notices of irregularity under Sec. 7.14;
    (4) Requests to record changes of ownership under Sec. 7.23;
    (5) Requests to record restrictions of the holder's right of 
disposal, or the release of such restrictions, under Sec. 7.24; and
    (6) Requests for transformation under Sec. 7.31.
    (e) Certificate of Mailing or Transmission Procedure Does Not Apply. 
The certificate of mailing or transmission procedure provided in Sec. 
2.197 does not

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apply to the documents specified in paragraph (d) of this section.

[69 FR 57185, Sept. 24, 2004, as amended at 69 FR 63321, Nov. 1, 2004; 
72 FR 18908, Apr. 16, 2007]