The Assignment Recordation Branch (ARB) of the
Public Records Division 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 Microsoft Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox.
Supporting documentation attached to the Trademark Assignment Recordation Coversheet must be in PDF or
TIFF 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 Recordation Branch 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.
The information collected on these forms
allows the ARB 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 the 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 Recordation Branch, USPTO, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450.
