# Communications With the Patent and Trademark Office
> **US Patent and Trademark Office** · Final rule. · Published 1996-11-01 · Effective 1996-12-02 · 61 FR 56439
## Document
- **Document number:** 96-28088
- **Category:** uspto-patent
- **Sub-agency:** US Patent and Trademark Office
- **Federal Register citation:** 61 FR 56439
- **CFR reference:** 37 CFR 1
- **Publication date:** 1996-11-01
- **Effective date:** 1996-12-02
- **Commerce docket:** Docket No. 951006247-6255-02
## Abstract

The Patent and Trademark Office (Office) is amending its rules of practice to specify addresses for agency mail to expedite mail delivery, define ``Federal holiday within the District of Columbia,'' clarify and simplify procedures for filing papers and fees by ``Express Mail,'' and remove certain exclusions from Sec. 1.8(a)(2)(ii) to permit additional trademark documents to be considered timely filed if they are mailed or transmitted by the due date and in compliance with Sec. 1.8(a)(1).

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1996/11/01/96-28088/communications-with-the-patent-and-trademark-office)
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