The USPTO website (www.USPTO.gov) contains an amazing array of trademark resources. Even many experienced practitioners are not aware of all of them. While the following list is not _all_ of the trademark resources from the USPTO website, they are in my opinion essential boomarks and tools that I use every week:
- Trademark Electronic Search Systems (TESS)
- TESS tips
- TESS News including the dates of the most recent data in the databaes
- TESS Help Menu including information about all of the field codes
- Design search code manual
- Essential trademark tools
- Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure (TMEP)
- Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)
- Trademark Applications and Registrations Retreival (TARR) – easiest way to view status and details when you have the application or registration number
- TSDR – retrieve application documents, status, and more
- ID Manual
- Assignments
- Main TTAB page
- TTABvue search TTAB cases and view documents
- Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Manual of Procedure (TBMP) Third Edition (May 2011)
- USPTO e-FOIA TTAB Reading Room featuring TTAB decisions
- list the last 30 days of decisions from the TTAB
- Contact information
- USPTO contact page
- Contact Trademarks page (contains many department and support email addresses)
- Employee phone number lookup
- Alphabetical List of USPTO organizations (with contact info)
- Trademark Information Network (videos)
- Subscription center (for USPTO newsletters and other subscriptions)
- List of trademark fees
- Official Gazette for Trademarks
- Trademark News & Notices: recent postings
- TPAC meetings schedule and agendas
- Retrieve USPTO registration certificates – print or PDF up to 25 registration certificates at a time
- USPTO System Status and Availability – stay abreast of current or planned computer outages
