How to Find Your USPTO Trademark Examining Attorney
USPTO does not publish a public phone-book directory of trademark examining attorneys. You find the examining attorney on the individual application or registration — usually in TSDR Status (or Trademark Search detail fields) — using the serial or registration number. Do not confuse that person with the attorney of record (the applicant’s counsel).
Checklist
- Get the serial number or registration number.
- Open TSDR → Status → note TM Attorney / law office fields (UI labels vary).
- Or open the Trademark Search result detail for the same fields.
- If the examining attorney is unavailable, USPTO points to law-office managing/senior attorney contacts.
- Optional: use findatrademarkexaminer.com search when that UX is live.
TSDR
Official site: https://tsdr.uspto.gov/. Enter serial or registration → Status / Documents / Maintenance.
Trademark Search (TESS successor)
- https://tmsearch.uspto.gov/
- Hub: https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/search
- TESS is retired — use cloud Trademark Search; Expert/field-tag mode for precision.
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AT:"Name"is attorney of record, not examining attorney — call this out before relying on search tags.
Patent vs trademark
- Patent examiner → findapatentexaminer.com / Patent Center
- Trademark examining attorney → this site / TSDR
FAQ
How do I find my examining attorney?
TSDR Status for your serial or registration number.
Why isn’t there a full directory?
USPTO surfaces staff on the case file, not as a public phone book.
Is the attorney on the form the examining attorney?
Often that field is applicant’s counsel (AT:). Check TSDR TM Attorney / law
office labels.