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Filings Information:

Last complete paper filing date: 19 September 2004* loaded 6 October 2004.

Last complete electronic filing date (e-TEAS): 29 September 2004* loaded 12 October 2004.

*This date should be used as a guide and does not imply that all Trademark applications carrying this filing date are available in the system as of the load date. Updates are scheduled to occur Tues. through Sat. prior to 5:30 AM.

Milestones:

On October 28, 2003, TESS was updated in preparation for the implementation of the Madrid Protocol at the USPTO. New International Registration and Standard Character fields were added, filing bases were reorganized into the Original Basis and Current Basis fields, and indexing procedures were updated to allow for improved searching for diacritical mark characters and other unusual symbols.

On September 28, 2000, the New User search screen was added to TESS to help those unfamiliar with TESS searching syntax obtain more meaningful search results.

On August 9, 2000, the attorney of record information was added to TESS as a search and display field. Correspondence address information is available on TARR. Use the Check Status button on your TESS document view screen to automatically retrieve the TARR record for that document.

On February 14, 2000, TESS was introduced.

Please check the System Status page for status of USPTO systems and the Emergencies - Alerts page for notifications related to security issues and emergencies.

Important Notices Concerning TESS: TESS is intended for use by the general public. Due to limitations of equipment and bandwidth, TESS is not intended to be a source for bulk downloads of USPTO data. Bulk data may be purchased from USPTO at cost (see the USPTO Products and Services Catalog). Individuals, companies, IP addresses, or blocks of IP addresses who, in effect, deny service to the general public by generating unusually high numbers of daily TESS accesses (searches, pages, or hits), whether generated manually or in an automated fashion, may be denied access to these servers without notice.

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The TESS Online Help is maintained by the Office of Trademark Program Control. Questions, comments or suggestions regarding TESS are welcome via email to xsearch@uspto.gov. While we cannot promise to answer all requests, your suggestions will be considered and may lead to other improvements on TESS.