T.M.E.P. § 503.07
'Indexing' Against Recorded Document Not Permitted

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503.07 "Indexing" Against Recorded Document Not Permitted

The USPTO does not process requests for "indexing" or "cross-referencing" additional trademark registration numbers or application serial numbers against a document previously recorded in the Assignment Services Division.

Therefore, even when an assignment document (or other document affecting title) has already been recorded in the Assignment Services Division in connection with a trademark registration or application, a party who wants to record that document against additional applications or registrations must submit the following:

(1) A copy of the originally recorded assignment document (or other document affecting title), a copy of an extract from the recorded document evidencing the effect on title, or a statement signed by both the party conveying the interest and the party receiving the interest explaining how the conveyance affects title (this may comprise a copy of the previously recorded papers on which the Assignment Services Division has stamped the reel and frame numbers at which they are recorded, or a copy of these papers);

(2) A completed cover sheet (see TMEP §503.03(e)) that includes the number of each additional registration and/or application against which recordation of the assignment document (or other document affecting title) is requested; and

(3) The appropriate recording fee (37 C.F.R. §§2.6 and 3.41).

The USPTO will assign a new date of recordation for the additional applications or registrations, update the Assignment Database, and create an electronic record of the cover sheet and assignment document (or other document affecting title), which will become part of the official record. See notice at 1157 TMOG 12 (Dec. 7, 1993).