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

PTO-2248 (11-08)

Approved for use through 11/30/2011. OMB 0651-0035

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

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[Insert Date]

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 _______________ [identify only one PCT Application Number] with Customer Number _________ for purposes of viewing the PCT Application in Private PAIR.

I understand that a Customer Number cannot be used in the international phase of a PCT application to designate the correspondence address for a PCT application or to appoint an attorney or agent in a power of attorney. Any changes to the correspondence address must be made separately in writing in accordance with PCT Rule 92bis.

For the PCT application listed above, I am:

An applicant

A

n attorney or agent of record (i.e., a power of attorney appointing me is of record in the PCT application)

A

registered attorney or agent named in the originally filed PCT Request (Form PCT/RO/101) and there is no attorney or agent of record

Respectfully submitted,

[Typed or printed name, signature and Registration Number (if any)]

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 to complete, including gathering, preparing, and submitting the information to the USPTO. Time will vary depending upon the individual case. Any comments on the amount of time you require to complete this form and/or suggestions for reducing this burden should be sent to the Chief Information Officer, U.S. 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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