Request for Express Abandonment

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	Trademark Electronic Application System
	United States Patent and Trademark Office

Please enter the serial number of the application for which you wish to request express abandonment. Then, click on the Next button, below. NOTE: Only one application can be abandoned at a time; i.e., do not enter multiple serial numbers, but instead submit separate requests. NOTE: Once you file an express abandonment, it cannot be withdrawn except in an extraordinary situation upon petition to the Director under 37 C.F.R. §2.146(a)(3); TMEP §718.01. Also, filing of an Express Abandonment (Withdrawal) does NOT result in any refund of the original application fee. The fee is an initial processing fee, which is not refunded later, regardless of any expressed intent to cease prosecution of the application.

WARNING: Only the applicant or its attorney may request express abandonment (withdrawal) of its own existing application.

WARNING: This form has a session time limit of 60 minutes. Your "session" began as soon as you accessed this initial Form Wizard page. If you exceed the 60-minute time limit, the form will not validate and you must begin the entire process again; you can, however, extend the time limit. You should always try to have all information required to complete the form prior to starting any session.

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WARNING: You may file this request up to the point of actual registration. However, if your application is already scheduled for publication in the Official Gazette, which occurs three (3) weeks after the notice of publication date is issued, or is already scheduled for printing of a notice of allowance, it is too late to withdraw the application from the publication/issue cycle. Therefore, your express abandonment will only be processed after the mark is published for opposition or notice of allowance is issued. Or, if your application is already scheduled for printing of a registration certificate, which occurs approximately eight (8) weeks after the publication date, it may be too late to withdraw the application from the registration cycle. Therefore, although perhaps timely filed, your express abandonment will only be processed after cancellation of the inadvertently issued registration and restoration of your application to pendency; i.e., under this scenario, please be aware that significant delays in processing this filing will occur.

The information collected on this form allows an applicant to request express abandonment of an application. 15 U.S.C. §1123 and 37 C.F.R. Part 2, 2.68. All information collected will be made public. Gathering and providing the information will require an estimated 3 minutes. Please direct comments on the time needed to complete this form, and/or suggestions for reducing this burden to the Chief Information Officer, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, U.S. Department of Commerce, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450. Please note that the USPTO may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information using a form that does not display a valid OMB control number.

Mon Nov 23 01:27:43 EST 2009