USPTO guides & official documents
The same official documents an IP attorney works from — the trademark manuals (TMEP, TBMP, Registration Toolkit), the complete MPEP, every patent form with its instructions, the Patent Center filing guides, and the USPTO’s guidance library (case-law memos, examination programs, PTAB and TTAB practice) — organized and searchable, without the scavenger hunt across uspto.gov.
Trademark guides & manuals
7 documentsThe trademark-side reference shelf: the TMEP and TBMP manuals, the Trademark Registration Toolkit, the ID Manual, TEAS forms index, and the TTAB standard protective order — everything you work from when clearing, filing, and defending a mark.
MPEP — Manual of Patent Examining Procedure
54 documentsThe examiner’s manual: every chapter (100–2900), the appendices (patent laws, rules, PCT, Paris Convention), consolidated laws/rules, and post-publication updates. Ninth Edition, Rev. 01.2024.
Patent forms (PTO/SB, PTO/AIA, PTOL)
141 documentsEvery official USPTO patent form for applications filed on or after September 16, 2012 — declarations, ADS, transmittals, petitions, IDS, terminal disclaimers, PCT, and fee forms — plus their instruction sheets.
Patent Center guides
12 documentsUser guides and quick-start guides for filing and managing applications in Patent Center (DOCX filing, Web ADS, ePetitions, eTerminal disclaimers, QPIDS, third-party submissions).
USPTO guidance documents
34 documentsThe complete uspto.gov/guidance library — subject-matter eligibility and case-law memos (Vanda, Berkheimer, Helsinn), examination program guidance (Track One, AFCP 2.0, QPIDS, petitions), PCT and Hague resources, the PTAB Consolidated Trial Practice Guide and SOPs, TTAB procedure documents, trademark examination guides, fee compliance guides, and the OED registration bulletin.
MPEP Ninth Edition, Revision 01.2024 (published November 2024); forms as posted on uspto.gov; guidance documents as posted on uspto.gov/guidance. Source: uspto.gov. These are official U.S. government publications; we mirror them for fast, reliable downloads and refresh our copies when the USPTO publishes revisions. Guidance documents do not have the force and effect of law.
These documents are the raw material. The agent has already read them.
You could work through 3,000 pages of MPEP and TMEP — or tell the MarkDocket agent what you need. It clears your name, drafts your applications and office action responses, and watches your portfolio, citing the same official sources you see on this page.
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