Form PTO-1594 Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)

Recording Assignments

0651-0027-ETAS-Mar2012

Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)

OMB: 0651-0027

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Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)
The Assignment Services Division (ASD) of the Office of Public Records presents the Electronic Trademark
Assignment System (ETAS).
Using ETAS, you create and submit a Trademark Assignment Recordation Coversheet by completing on-line
web forms and attaching the supporting legal documentation as black and white TIFF or PDF for submission
via the Internet.
Assignment information provided by the user will be recorded as provided and will not be verified or modified
by the USPTO.
SPECIAL NOTES
All forms filed via ETAS will be marked with an U.S. Eastern Time timestamp when received on the USPTO
server. Upon completion of the fee payment process, a Confirmation of Receipt will be displayed and the EST
time stamp will then be applied to the submission. The time stamp applied by the ETAS server is the time of
official USPTO receipt.
Payments may be made using a credit card, electronic fund transfer (EFT) or through an existing USPTO
deposit account. Credit cards accepted are MasterCard, Visa, American Express or Discover.
TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS
ETAS works with NETSCAPE NAVIGATOR [Version 4.7 or later] or MICROSOFT INTERNET EXPLORER for
WINDOWS [Version 4.0 or later]. Supporting documentation attached to the Trademark Assignment
Recordation Coversheet must be in TIFF or PDF format, letter size (8.5"x11"), 300 dpi, portrait orientation and
black and white.
CONTACT INFORMATION
For general information about electronic filing, please telephone the Assignment Services Division Customer
Service Desk at, 571-272-3350 during regular business hours or e-mail your question(s) to ETAS@uspto.gov.
If you need help in resolving technical problems, you may also e-mail us at ETAS@uspto.gov. We will respond
to your e-mail inquiry within 2 business days. Please include a telephone number in your e-mail.
PRIVACY POLICY STATEMENT
The information collected on these forms allows the ASD to officially record an assignment. Recorded
assignment information will be made public.
The collection of information is required by 15 U.S.C. §§ 1057 and 1060 and is used by public to submit (and
by the USPTO to process) trademark assignment recordation requests using the Electronic Trademark
Assignment System (ETAS). This collection is estimated to take 30 minutes to complete, including gathering
the necessary information, filling out the online forms, and submitting the completed request to the USPTO.
Any comments on the amount of time you require to complete this request and/or suggestions for reducing this
burden should be sent to the Manager of the Assignment Division, USPTO, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA
22313-1450.

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ETAS v.1.6.1
PTO-1594 (Rev. 10/02)
OMB No. 0651-0027 (Exp. 03/31/2012)
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; U.S.DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, no persons are required to respond to
a collection of information unless it displays a valid OMB control number.

Guidelines
To file electronically, complete the following steps:

Fill out all required fields for each input screen.

Help instructions are available by clicking on the highlighted term. A new window will open whenever one of these links is clicked.

When all required forms are completed and the appropriate supporting legal documentation files are attached, a validation screen will appear
displaying the information provided. Prior to the payment process a Validation Screen with all of the data will be displayed. If the information
displayed is correct, proceed with payment, if the information is incorrect return to the appropriate screen by using the on-screen navigation
controls.

Do not use your browser's 'back' and 'forward' buttons to navigate. Use only the navigation controls on the ETAS screens.

New feature:
{ PDF attachments
Legal supporting documentation may now be of either a TIFF, or a PDF file. Documents must be black and white. You may attach
more than one file in more than one format.
{ Saved Submission
When all assignment data screens are completed, prior to proceeding to the payment screen (or submit process - if no fee is due) the
current submission can be temporarily saved to a USPTO server. A URL link will be provided via a display on the screen and by email
that identifies the link that permits access to the saved submission. To save a submission use the 'Advanced' button on the Validation
screen and choose the 'Save Submission' button on the following screen. The URL link is valid for 4 days.
{ Create Template
Data from a submission, namely: correspondence information, conveying party(s), receiving party(s) and property(s) can be
downloaded to your workstation as a template to re-use in future submissions. To download a template use the 'Advanced' button on
the Validation screen and choose the 'Customize Template' button on the following screen.
Using the template
To start a new assignment filing from the downloaded template, use the 'Start from Template' button shown below on this screen.

A Confirmation of Receipt (an html attachment) with the ETAS tracking identification number acknowledging receipt of your submission will be
displayed to the screen and transmitted via email upon completion of the payment process (when required). Please mark the appropriate check
box if you do not wish to receive this email with the attached html receipt. You may also print a copy of this screen for your records.

Once submitted, the filing will not be cancelled unless the request fails to satisfy the minimum filing requirements.

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Trademark Assignment Recordation Form
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Conveyance Type
Select nature of conveyance

j Assigns the entire interest and the goodwill
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j Assignment of an undivided part of assignor's interest
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j Merger
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Effective date:

j Nunc Pro Tunc Assignment
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n

Effective date is required for 'Merger' and 'Nunc Pro Tunc' types

Format: MM/DD/YYYY

j Change Of Name
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j Security Interest
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to correct the

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Identify what parts of the assignment need
to be corrected

j Corrective Assignment
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previously recorded on Reel:
You must attach a copy of the original coversheet
for a corrective assignment

and Frame:

Assignor(s) hereby confirms the

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identify conveyance text of the original
assignment

j Mortgage
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j Lien
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j License
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j Option
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j Decree of Distribution
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j Letters of Testamentary
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j Letters of Administration
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j Court Appointment of Trustee
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j Release by Secured Party
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j Conditional Assignment
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j Other
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Enter other conveyance type text here
If the nature of conveyance is an "Assignment", "Merger", "Change of Name", or "Nunc Pro Tunc", you should check
the appropriate box above. (change box above to pre-formatted nature of conveyance type) more...

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