Form PTO-2248 Request to Update a PCT Application with a Customer Numb

PTO-2248 (01-07)
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TO:

Mail Stop EBC
COMMISSIONER for PATENTS
P.O. Box 1450
Alexandria, VA 22313-1450

RE:

Request to Update a PCT Application With a Customer Number

Please associate PCT application [ Type only one PCT Application Number ] with
Customer Number [ Type Customer Number ] for viewing of the above listed Patent
Application in Private PAIR.

I understand that this request does not change the PCT Application
Correspondence Address and that any modifications to the Correspondence Address must
be made according to Rule 92bis.

The following applicant, attorney, or agent of record for the above listed PCT
Application, and applicable registration number, has authority to make this request:

[ Type Name of Applicant, Agent or Attorney ]

[ Type Registration Number ]

___________________________________________
Signature of Applicant or Agent/ Attorney of Record

Recognizing that Internet communications are not secure, I hereby authorize the USPTO
to communicate with me concerning any subject matter of this customer number update
request by electronic mail.

Name: __________________________________________________________
Telephone number: ____________ Email: ____________________________
This information is collected under the authority of 35 U.S.C. 2 and is required to obtain or retain a benefit by the public, which is to associate a PCT
application with a Customer Number. Confidentiality is governed by 35 U.S.C. 122 and 37 CFR 1.11 and 1.14. This collection is estimated to take 15 minutes
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Patent and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450. DO NOT SEND COMPLETED FORMS TO THIS ADDRESS. SEND TO: Mail
Stop EBC, Commissioner for Patents, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450.

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