T.M.E.P. § 402
Electronic Application and Registration Files

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402 Electronic Application and Registration Files

The USPTO maintains the Trademark Image Capture and Retrieval System ("TICRS"), which includes images of the contents of trademark application and registration files.

TICRS is available in the Trademark Search Library, free of charge, to all members of the public who visit the USPTO. Members of the public can print images of documents from TICRS for a fee.

The public may also 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/. Electronic images of Trademark Trial and Appeal Board proceeding files are also available on the USPTO website at http://ttabvue.uspto.gov/ttabvue/. TDR and TTABVUE are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, free of charge.