304.03 Authorization of Electronic Mail Communications from the USPTO
The USPTO will send communications concerning an application or registration by e-mail only if e-mail communication is authorized by the applicant, registrant, or a practitioner qualified under 37 C.F.R.§11.14 who has been authorized by the applicant or registrant to act on its behalf .
The applicant, registrant, or qualified practitioner may authorize the USPTO to communicate by e-mail by so indicating in the initial application or in any official written communication. The authorization must include the e-mail address to which e-mail is to be sent. If the applicant, registrant, or the applicant’s qualified practitioner authorizes the USPTO to send official communications by e-mail, one primary e-mail address may be designated, as well as up to four secondary e-mail addresses for duplicate courtesy copies of the correspondence. See TMEP §403 regarding treatment of undeliverable e-mail correspondence.
It is the responsibility of the applicant, registrant, or qualified practitioner to notify the USPTO of any changes of e-mail address. See TMEP §609.03.
The Office considers any authorization for e-mail communications to end upon the date of registration of a mark.
See TMEP §304.06 regarding outgoing e-mail.