T.M.E.P. § 718.07
Ordering Abandoned Application Files

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718.07 Ordering Abandoned Application Files

The USPTO destroys abandoned application files and cancelled or expired registration files two years after they become abandoned, cancelled or expired.

Where necessary, USPTO personnel may order abandoned application files through the file ordering system on the USPTO's computer network. See TMEP §109.01 regarding electronic image files that are available to the public on the USPTO website, and TMEP §109.02 regarding the ordering of paper application files by the public.

Paper files should be returned promptly when no longer needed.

Some abandoned application files may be viewed through TICRS, on the premises of the USPTO, or through the Trademark Document Retrieval ("TDR") portal on the USPTO website at http://www.uspto.gov.