PTO-2042 Patent Electronic System Verification Form

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Patent Electronic System Verification Form					Address to: Mail Stop EBC Commissioner for Patents P.O. Box 1450 Alexandria, VA 22313-1450								USPTO Use Only
Block 1 Requestor Status
(select one) Registered Practitioner ☐ Limited Recognition Practitioner ☐ Pro Se Inventor ☐							Practitioner Registration Number or Limited Recognition Number:						Practitioners ONLY Check box to indicate that additional customer numbers are listed on an attached sheet ☐
Customer Numbers – Enter in space(s) provided below A customer number is an application electronic tracking number assigned by the USPTO that associates your Patent Electronic System account with one or more patent applications. Additional Customers Numbers can be included as an attachment. Please see the instructions if you don't already have a customer number.
Customer Number		Customer Number					Customer Number			Customer Number			Customer Number			Customer Number
Block 2 - Requestor Information (All Information Required)
First (Given) Name						Middle Name						Last (Family) Name
Street Address (line 1)
Street Address (line 2)
City				State						Zip				Country
Telephone Number (select phone location)			☐ home ☐ work ☐ cell						USPTO.gov Account Email Address
Block 3 - Type of Action Requested (you must select at least 1)
☐	Request a new Patent Electronic System account
☐ ☐ ☐	Regain access to previously issued account (select 1 reason) -- USPTO.gov account email address has been changed -- My name has changed (see below) -- Other reason (Please explain):
☐	This is a name change. For registered practitioners or practitioners granted limited recognition, the name provided must correspond to Office of Enrollment and Discipline records, please enter the name under which the Patent Electronic System account was previously created below and enter new name in space provided in Block 2: Previous Name
☐	Associate current Patent Electronic System account with the customer numbers detailed in Block 1
☐	Revoke current Patent Electronic System account
☐	Other – Describe in Detail:
Block 4 – Signature (required)
I have read and understand the Subscriber Agreement (as listed on www.uspto.gov/ebc) and my signature on this document, by hand, is my agreement to abide by the Agreement and the rules and policies of the USPTO regarding the Agreement. I certify that the information, statements and representations provided by me on this form are true and accurate to the best of my knowledge. I understand that a willfully false certification is a criminal offense and is punishable by law (18 U.S.C. 1001).
Signature Required (requestor from Block 2) Date								(mm/dd/yyyy)
Block 5 – Identification (required)
SUBSCRIBED and SWORN to before me by (requestor from Block 2) this __ ___ day of (month), 20_ , in the county of in the State of . Notary Public (signature) MY COMMISSION EXPIRES:

This collection of information is required under 35 U.S.C. § 2 and § 122. This information is provided by the public as part of the request for or revocation of a U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Patent Electronic System account. The USPTO will use this information in the process of issuing or revoking a Patent Electronic System account. The information on this form will be treated confidentially to the extent allowed under the Government Paperwork Elimination Act, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), and the Privacy Act. In order to access information that is released through encrypted communication, you must supply the requested information in order for the USPTO to issue the necessary digital identity and encryption services.

This form is estimated to take 30 minutes to read the instructions, gather the necessary information, complete the form, read and sign the subscriber’s agreement, and submit the form to the USPTO. 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, U.S. Department of Commerce, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450. DO NOT SEND THE COMPLETED FORM TO THIS ADDRESS. SEND TO: Mail Stop EBC, Commissioner for Patents, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450.

Privacy Act Statement

This information is collected under the authority of 35 USC 2 and 122. This information is also being collected in conjunction with the provisions of the Government Paperwork Elimination Act. This information will only be used by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) staff to issue and revoke Patent Electronic System account. It is requested that you supply this information so that the USPTO can authorize the creation of a Patent Electronic System account. This Patent Electronic System account enables the USPTO to provide you with a digital identity and to support encrypted communication between you and the USPTO. This information will be used to construct a unique name (distinguished name) and to communicate with you. Furnishing the information on this form is voluntary, but failure to do so may result in disapproval of this request.

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