T.M.E.P. § 304.08
E-Mail Addresses for Correspondence With the Office

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304.08 E-Mail Addresses for Correspondence With the Office

Where an applicant or registrant is permitted to send communications to the USPTO by e-mail (see TMEP §304.01) , the applicant or registrant should send e-mail to the address designated by the Office on the filing receipt or other correspondence sent by the USPTO. Applicants and registrants should not send e-mail to more than one address in the USPTO, and should not send courtesy copies of an e-mail message (e.g., "Cc" or "Bcc") to additional e-mail addresses within the USPTO.

Effective September 10, 2004, responses to examining attorneys' Office actions cannot be filed by e-mail. See TMEP §304.02.