Jan 252012
All practitioners should add commonly used USPTO email addresses to their email client’s address book. Why? To decrease the chances that your email client will filter legitimate email (“ham”) into your junk (“spam”) folder.
I started a list of such “commonly used” email addresses a few months ago. Thanks to this USPTO Notice on , I have some more to add to my list (below). The USPTO Notice even provides step-by-step instructions…
The list:
- ptas@uspto.gov
- PRG@uspto.gov
- TEAS@USPTO.GOV
- TMPOSTPUBQUERY@USPTO.GOV
- TMII2455@NX.USPTO.GOV
- TMOfficialNotices@uspto.gov
- TrademarkOfficialNotices@uspto.gov
- eCom101@uspto.gov
- eCom102@uspto.gov
- eCom103@uspto.gov
- eCom104@uspto.gov
- eCom105@uspto.gov
- eCom106@uspto.gov
- eCom107@uspto.gov
- eCom108@uspto.gov
- eCom109@uspto.gov
- eCom110@uspto.gov
- eCom111@uspto.gov
- eCom112@uspto.gov
- eCom113@uspto.gov
- eCom114@uspto.gov
- eCom115@uspto.gov
- eCom116@uspto.gov
- eCom117@uspto.gov
If you know of any others (particularly patent related), please let me know.
UPDATE (2012-01-25) – here are downloads you can use to expedite this process: Outlook CSV Format and Google CSV Format.
3 Responses to “USPTO E-Mail and Your Spam Folder”
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Another, and possibly simpler, solution is to create a special email address just for use with the USPTO, WIPO, etc. Such as USPTO@example.com. Then it’s easy to filter all mail to that address as non-s-p-a-m.
Erik: That’s a great point!
If you’re using Outlook, Gmail, a host of mail clients…you can just filter by wildcard – e.g. ‘ *@uspto.gov ‘ ‘ *@wipo.int ‘. That should cut down on the number of addresses you need to punch in