Records Move of U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Records (RG 241)
Effective July 7, 2023, the following series from Record Group 241 (RG 241), Records of the Patent and Trademark Office will be temporarily closed to prepare for relocation to the National Archives at Kansas City. Similar records are already located in the Kansas City area. The relocation will facilitate more efficient archival research and public access to these records.
Records to be relocated are:
| Series Title | National Archives Identifier | Cubic Footage |
|---|---|---|
|
Correspondence Files |
65.697 |
|
|
Official Gazettes |
364.48 |
|
|
Index to Applications for Patents |
191.653 |
|
|
Registers of Interferences |
5.256 |
|
|
Records Relating to Trademark Concurrent Use Case Files |
51.696 |
|
|
Register of Interferences |
3.575 |
|
|
Register of Patent Application Received |
52.998 |
|
|
Serial Register of Applications Received |
142.918 |
|
|
Serial Register Of Design Applications Received |
7855327 |
3.723 |
| Examiner's Serial Register of Design Applications Received | 593470 | 5.694 |
| Index to Design Patent Applications | 593153 | 8.732 |
| Corporation Index of Patent Assignments | 593348 | 17.808 |
| Index to Corporate Trademark Applications | 593467 | 0.944 |
| Foreign Firm Index of Patent Assignments | 593353 | 0.672 |
| Registers of Letters Received | 595561 | 33.726 |
| Sample of Incomplete Petitions | 593731 | 0.538 |
| Copies of Applications for "Name And Date" Patents | 593728 | 0.816 |
| General Correspondence | 593722 | 0.538 |
| Office of the Commissioner: Letters received | 593724 | 1.224 |
| Letters Sent Relating to the World's Columbian Exposition | 12008968 | 3.024 |
| Sample of Abandoned Patent Applications | 593733 | 2.772 |
| Publications Relating to Patent Law | 12008974 | 0.204 |
| Crank Correspondence and Newspaper Clippings | 7687189 | 0.252 |
| Annual Reports and Other Records | 12006060 | 11.44 |
| Publication Records Cards | 26335536 | 0.236 |
| Records of Transfer of Patents [Liber Volumes; Irregular Transfers of Patents] | 593148 | 0.286 |
| Alphabetical Index to Invention Patent Appeals | 12008973 | 0.219 |
| Orders, Notices, and Other Records | 7851388 | 7.48 |
| Director's Correspondence Relating to Significant Patents Of The Past Hundred Years | 7854484 | 0.504 |
| Index Relating to Office Files | 26335621 | 1.534 |
| Legislative Files | 7851354 | 31.8 |
| Subject Files of Assistant Commissioner Maurice Crews | 12058555 | 16.155 |
| Subject Files of Assistant Commissioner Horace Fay | 12058556 | 3.231 |
| Patent Office Advisory Committee Files | 7851371 | 19.584 |
| Published Decisions of the Commissioner | 12058533 | 5.385 |
| Records Relating to the Harbridge House Study on Government Patent Policy | 12058553 | 3.231 |
| General Records Relating to the Office of Budget, Planning and Evaluation Files | 7851355 | 7.024 |
| Records Relating to President's Commission on the Patent System | 12058554 | 9.693 |
| Patent Survey Committee Files | 7851362 | 4.536 |
| National Patent Planning Commission Files | 7851367 | 6.936 |
| Controlled Correspondence | 155390882 | 63.543 |
Estimated Closure Date at the National Archives at College Park: July 7, 2023
Estimated Date Available to Researchers at the National Archives at Kansas City: September 15, 2023
Please keep in mind that the dates listed above are an estimate. If there is a significant change to this schedule we will post it in the consultation areas at the National Archives at College Park and the National Archives at Kansas City.
You can check the status of the records by contacting the National Archives at Kansas City in one of the following ways:
E-mail: kansascity.archives@nara.gov
or
Send a letter to:
National Archives at Kansas City
400 West Pershing Road
Kansas City, MO 64108
Please contact the National Archives at Kansas City at least two business days in advance.