Preliminary Amendment Form

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	Trademark Electronic Application System - TEAS Application
	United States Patent and Trademark Office

GENERAL FORM INFORMATION:

60 MINUTE TIME LIMIT: This form "times-out" 60 minutes after accessing this page unless you extend the time limit when the time-out warning appears on screen. To avoid timing out, please have all information ready before starting your session.

DO NOT USE YOUR BROWSER BACK/FORWARD BUTTONS: Use only the navigation buttons at the bottom of each page.

REQUIRED FIELDS: All have an ASTERISK (*), and the form will not validate if these fields are not filled-out.

FOLLOW THE 4 STEPS TO ACCESS THE AMENDMENT FORM:

NOTE: You must wait approximately 7-10 days after your original submission to file the Preliminary Amendment. Please first ensure that all of the original application data has been fully loaded into the USPTO's TARR database before attempting to use this form.
WARNING: While you may successfully submit a Preliminary Amendment, the filing will NOT result in any information being automatically uploaded into the USPTO's databases. An examining attorney must review the amendment to determine whether the proposed change(s) is acceptable. Also, you may submit a Preliminary Amendment for an application filed under the Madrid Protocol (Section 66(a)) only for limited purposes.

STEP 2: ENTER APPLICATION SERIAL NUMBER BELOW OR ACCESS PREVIOUSLY FILLED-OUT/SAVED FORM.

* Serial Number: (Do not enter serial number if you are accessing your saved form.)
OR

FOR PREVIOUSLY FILLED-OUT/SAVED FORM, click on the "Browse/Choose File" button below to access the file from your local drive, and then click the "Next" button at Step 4. You cannot change your answers to the form wizard questions at Step 3; however, you can change data within an existing section(s) of a saved form. To introduce a completely new section, you must start a new form. For further instructions for retrieving your saved form, click here. You must follow these instructions to ensure that you can view your data in the expected editable format.

NOTE: This button should not be used to attempt to upload or attach any other file, for example, a specimen image or a foreign registration certificate. For these or any other types of attachments, after answering "Yes" to the appropriate wizard question(s) below, you can then attach the file within the specific part of the form relating to that issue.

The information collected on this form allows the USPTO to determine whether a mark may be registered on the Principal or Supplemental Register, and provides notice of an applicant's claim of ownership of the mark. Responses to the request for information are required to obtain the benefit of a registration on the Principal register. 15 U.S.C. §1051 et. seq. and 37 CFR Part 2. All information collected will be made public. Gathering and providing the information will require an estimated 10 minutes (depending if the response is based on an intent to use the mark in commerce, use of the mark in commerce, or a foreign application or registration). Please direct comments on the time needed to complete this form, and/or suggestions for reducing this burden to the Chief Information Officer, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, U.S. Department of Commerce, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450. Please note that the USPTO may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information using a form that does not display a valid OMB control number.

Sat Nov 07 08:43:41 EST 2009