T.M.E.P. § 102
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102 United States Patent and Trademark Office World Wide Web Page

The United States Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO") has a website at http://www.uspto.gov that provides access to a wide variety of information about patents and trademarks, and offers electronic filing of trademark applications and other trademark documents.

The Trademark Electronic Business Center on the USPTO website contains all the information needed for the entire registration process. A customer may search the trademark database for conflicting marks using the Trademark Electronic Search System ("TESS"), file applications and other trademark documents online using the Trademark Electronic Application System ("TEAS"), check the status of applications and registrations through the Trademark Applications and Registrations Retrieval ("TARR") database, or view and print images of the contents of trademark application and registration files through the Trademark Document Retrieval ("TDR") portal on the USPTO website at http://www.uspto.gov. See TMEP §104 regarding TESS, TMEP §108.01 regarding TARR, TMEP §109.01 regarding electronic image files, and TMEP §§103 and 301 for further information about electronic filing.

Trademark information available for downloading from the USPTO website includes the trademark statute and rules, Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure, Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Manual of Procedure, Acceptable Identification of Goods and Services Manual, Federal Register notices, Official Gazette notices, examination guides, fee schedules, and certain USPTO forms.

Certified or uncertified copies of trademark documents can be purchased over the Internet. See TMEP §111 for further information.