Form PTO-2131 Application for International Registration

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PTO Form 2131 (09/30/2012)
OMB No. 0651-0051 (Exp. 09/30/2012)

United States Patent and Trademark Office
Application for International Registration
INSTRUCTIONS FOR APPLICATION FOR INTERNATIONAL REGISTRATION
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1. Important Filing Requirement:
You may file this application for International Registration only if the applicant is
either a national of the United States or the applicant has either (1) a domicile in
the United States or (2) a real and effective commercial establishment in the
United States. If there is more than one owner, each must satisfy this filing
requirement.
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to the next section. To save data already entered within a section, you must
first click on "Next" prior to using the "Previous" button to return to any
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3. To file the application electronically, please complete the following steps:
 Complete all fields for which information is known. Fields prefaced with an
asterisk (*) are required fields for filing purposes and must be completed.
 Use the Pay/Submit button at the bottom of the Validation Page. After
accessing the proper screen for payment and making the appropriate
entries, you will receive a confirmation screen if your transmission was
successful.
 You will also receive an e-mail acknowledgement of your submission
providing a summary of your filing. Please contact TEAS@uspto.gov within
24 hours of transmission (or by the next business day) if you do not receive
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necessary. Or, to view the information provided by the International Bureau
concerning the Madrid System for the international registration of marks, click
Madrid System for the International Registration of Marks.
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PTO Form 2131 (09/30/2012)
OMB No. 0651-0051 (Exp. 09/30/2012)

United States Patent and Trademark Office
Application for International Registration
SELECTION OF FORM TYPE FOR APPLICATION FOR INTERNATIONAL REGISTRATION
What type of form do you wish to use?
PRE-POPULATED FORM
(Use for one U.S. serial/registration number; narrowing of goods/services and/or
substitute color drawing are permissible data change within this form.)
Enter the one U.S. serial number or registration number as the basis of this
International Application.

Enter the number with NO punctuation or other symbols included.

OR
FREE-TEXT FORM
(Use for multiple U.S. serial/registration numbers and/or for cases that do not yet
appear in TARR and/or if changing data other than only narrowing goods/services
and/or substituting color drawing.)
Enter the U.S. serial number(s) or registration number(s) as the basis of this
International Application. Separate multiple numbers with a comma.

Enter the number with NO punctuation or other symbols included.

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The pre-populated form will automatically display the exact information
that is already in the USPTO database for one specific U.S. serial number
or registration number. If you do not change any data fields, then the
pre-populated form will directly submit information that must be certified
to WIPO's International Bureau (IB), without independent review of this
data at the USPTO. Alternatively, this form may be used where certain
data fields can be changed (e.g., either narrowing the scope of the
identification of goods and/or recitation of services in the U.S. application
or registration, and/or substituting a color drawing of the mark, where
the original mark is shown in the USPTO database as a black-and-white
image); however, if any data field is changed, an independent review of
this data at the USPTO must occur prior to submission as certified to the
IB.
The free-text form must be used if 1) the application for International
Registration is being based on more than one U.S. serial number or
registration number; 2) data is being changed in any way other than only
narrowing the scope of the identification of goods and/or recitation of
services in the U.S. application or registration and/or substituting a color
drawing of the mark, where the original mark is shown in the USPTO
database as a black-and-white image; or 3) the U.S. application being
used as the basis is not yet loaded into the Office's database at the time
of filing, e.g., immediately after an application was filed. Information on
this form is not automatically certified, and will not be submitted
electronically directly to the IB. Instead, the form will be routed to the
USPTO's Madrid Processing Unit for review, for subsequent certification, if
appropriate.

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