T.M.E.P. § 112
Patent and Trademark Depository Libraries

Executive summary:

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112 Patent and Trademark Depository Libraries

There is a network of PTDLs throughout the United States that provides access to many of the same products and services offered at the USPTO. A list of the PTDLs and their telephone numbers appears on the USPTO website at http://www.uspto.gov and is printed in each issue of the TMOG.

Information available free of charge at the PTDLs includes the text of the trademark statute and rules (see TMEP §101) , the Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure; Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Manual of Procedure; Acceptable Identification of Goods and Services Manual, and the Trademark Electronic Search System. Photocopiers are generally provided for a fee.

The scope of PTDL collections, hours of operation, services and fees (where applicable) may vary from one library to another.