Effective on or about March 24, 2012, all receiving parties who are
identified as a partnership, joint venture, estate or trust will be
required to enter the names, legal entity types, and national citizenship
(or the state or country under whose laws the entity exists) of all general
partners or active members that compose the partnership or joint venture or
the trustees or executors comprising the trust or estate. Requiring this
as a mandatory field on the ETAS form will avoid any previous denials of
recordation when this information was inadvertently omitted and will shorten
the timeframe for receiving Notices of Recordation when this information is
provided.

Please also review the "Help" screen data for the "Entity Type" and
"Composed Of" data fields for additional information and guidance.

If you have any questions, please contact the Assignment Recordation Branch
at 571-272-3350.

Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)

The Assignment Services Division (ASD) of the Office of Public Records presents the Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS).

Using ETAS, you create and submit a Trademark Assignment Recordation Coversheet by completing on-line web forms and attaching the supporting legal documentation as black and white TIFF or PDF for submission via the Internet.

Assignment information provided by the user will be recorded as provided and will not be verified or modified by the USPTO.

SPECIAL NOTES

All forms filed via ETAS will be marked with an U.S. Eastern Time timestamp when received on the USPTO server. Upon completion of the fee payment process, a Confirmation of Receipt will be displayed and the EST time stamp will then be applied to the submission. The time stamp applied by the ETAS server is the time of official USPTO receipt.

Payments may be made using a credit card, electronic fund transfer (EFT) or through an existing USPTO deposit account. Credit cards accepted are MasterCard, Visa, American Express or Discover.

TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS

ETAS works with NETSCAPE NAVIGATOR [Version 4.7 or later] or MICROSOFT INTERNET EXPLORER for WINDOWS [Version 4.0 or later]. Supporting documentation attached to the Trademark Assignment Recordation Coversheet must be in TIFF or PDF format, letter size (8.5"x11"), 300 dpi, portrait orientation and black and white.

CONTACT INFORMATION

For general information about electronic filing, please telephone the Assignment Services Division Customer Service Desk at, 571-272-3350 during regular business hours or e-mail your question(s) to ETAS@uspto.gov. If you need help in resolving technical problems, you may also e-mail us at ETAS@uspto.gov. We will respond to your e-mail inquiry within 2 business days. Please include a telephone number in your e-mail.

PRIVACY POLICY STATEMENT

The information collected on these forms allows the ASD to officially record an assignment. Recorded assignment information will be made public.

The collection of information is required by 15 U.S.C. §§ 1057 and 1060 and is used by public to submit (and by the USPTO to process) trademark assignment recordation requests using the Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS). This collection is estimated to take 30 minutes to complete, including gathering the necessary information, filling out the online forms, and submitting the completed request to the USPTO. Any comments on the amount of time you require to complete this request and/or suggestions for reducing this burden should be sent to the Manager of the Assignment Division, USPTO, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450.

Please click here to access ETAS forms