Texas Regional Office
Serving Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Texas.
Texas regional events
Meet the Trademark Experts
Feb 5, 2020 12:30 PM CT
Patent Quality Chat webinar – Application readiness: Assessing incoming applications
Feb 19, 2020 12:00 PM ET
Meet the Patent Experts: class four
Feb 19, 2020 12:30 PM CT
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The Texas Regional Office (TXRO) is located in the Terminal Annex Federal Building of downtown Dallas. An extension of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office headquarters, we serve the Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Texas regions. Opened in 2015, our goal is to promote innovation and stimulate the economy by connecting inventors and entrepreneurs to government resources, supporting students and teachers through our STEM education programs, gathering feedback from regional stakeholders, and recruiting diverse talent from the region. Browse the content below to learn more about what the TXRO can do for you.
Related information and resources
The office provides outreach services for inventors, entrepreneurs, startups, researchers and others to:
Obtain information about the USPTO through walk-in services
Search existing patents and trademarks on designated workstations
Attend workshops, trainings, conferences, and roundtables designed for various experience levels
Participate in programs designed to support and foster STEM education with an emphasis on innovative learning
Deliver technical training from experts in the region to patent examiners working around the country
Use collaborative spaces enabling region educators, inventors, entrepreneurs, and IP community to collaborate while allowing USPTO to provide them with information and resources.
Meet with our strategic federal partners, such as the Small Business Administration, Consumer Product Safety Commission, and other bureaus at the Department of Commerce, to discuss programs for small businesses and the entrepreneurial community
Use interview rooms for applicants to connect with patent examiners working at USPTO headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia, and across the country
Gain remote access to Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) proceedings at USPTO headquarters and other regional offices in the future. We also have a hearing room to host PTAB proceedings.
Tour our facility. We host scheduled public tours the second Friday of every month from 10 to 11 a.m., excluding federal holidays. To schedule a tour, send an email to TXROevents@uspto.gov or call 469-295-9000 .
NOTE: Almost all new patent applications or correspondence related to patent prosecution may be submitted using EFS-Web, the USPTO's web-based patent application and document submission system. Learn about submitting patent applications or patent prosecution correspondence.
We offer customers access to a range of events, from programs on the patent and trademark application processes to small business development workshops and Patent Trial and Appeal Board info sessions. Some of these events happen at the Texas Regional Office in Dallas while others are hosted by collaborating organizations throughout the region. Check the Texas regional event calendar to find an event near you.
You can also see a full list of USPTO events happening throughout the United States on the main USPTO event calendar.
For any questions about upcoming events, please email TXROevents@uspto.gov or call (469) 295-9000 .
View PTAB proceedings
Patent Trial and Appeal Board at the Texas Regional Office
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) conducts trials, including inter partes, post-grant, and covered business method patent reviews and derivation proceedings; hears appeals from adverse examiner decisions in patent applications and reexamination proceedings; and renders decisions in interferences.
You are welcome to view live PTAB proceedings taking place at the Texas Regional USPTO. Texas Regional USPTO office hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. CT Monday through Friday. See the link below for upcoming hearings.
If you are interested in viewing a hearing that is being held at another location, contact the Texas Regional Office via email: TexasRegionalOffice@uspto.gov at least three days in advance, so that appropriate arrangements for audio-visual services can be made.
PTAB hearing schedule - Texas Regional Office PTAB hearing schedule - Main PTAB homepage
Hearing room protocol and decorum
The dignity of the hearing room is to be respected and maintained at all times.
Attire for counsel and spectators should be restrained and appropriate to the dignity of a courtroom. For example, the following are unacceptable: jeans, sweat pants, shorts, sundresses, t-shirts, flip-flops, and sandals. Noncompliance with these requirements may be cause for denial of entry into the hearing room.
When a hearing is in session, no one should be heard except for counsel making argument or a judge.
No personal recording devices of any kind (audio or visual) will be permitted in the hearing room.
All cell phones or pagers must be turned off.
No food or drink is permitted in the hearing room.
Repeated entrances to or departures from the hearing room are to be avoided.
Improper hearing room behavior may result in removal from the hearing room or other sanctions.
PTAB hearings are accessible to individuals with disabilities. To request a reasonable accommodation, including captioning, sign language interpreting, or other, please email: TexasRegionalOffice@uspto.gov or call (469) 295-9000.
Search patents or trademarks
Public searching on universal public workstations is available from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. CT, Monday-Friday, except federal holidays.
Universal Public Workstations provide access to the agency's public electronic patent and trademark collections. The public search room enables researchers to conduct self-directed searches. The Texas Regional Office has eight public workstations with the same access requirements and print capabilities as public workstations in the Public Search Facility at USPTO headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia.
Please be aware that you will not be able to connect unauthorized or personal removable media storage—such as thumb drives or your personal phone—to any USPTO computer, docking station, or monitor at the Texas Regional Office. For more information, please see our USPTO removable media policy.
The Patent and Trademark Resource Centers (PTRCs) located in various public and university libraries offer beginner orientation on searching for patents and trademarks. The Dallas Public Library is a PTRC located about one mile from the Texas Regional Office at 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX 75201.
We have a number of collaborative spaces for the public to use. For example, the Outreach Room is designed to enable Texas region educators, inventors, entrepreneurs, and the IP community to collaborate while having access to our USPTO information and resources. Please reserve spaces in advance by contacting our office.
As the director of the Texas Regional United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), Hope Shimabuku carries out the strategic direction of the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO while leading the Texas regional office. Focusing on the region and actively engaging with the community, Ms. Shimabuku ensures the USPTO's initiatives and programs are tailored to the region's unique ecosystem of industries and stakeholders. More...
Jacob Choi
Assistant Regional Director
Megan Hoyt
Regional Outreach Officer
Peter Choi
Lead Supervisory Patent Examiner
Jeffrey Nickerson
Supervisory Patent Examiner
Essama Omgba
Thanh Truong
Resource Supervisory Patent Examiner
Todd Reves
Attorney Advisor
Georgianna Braden
Lead Patent Trial and Appeal Board Judge
Stacey White
Our office is located in the Terminal Annex Federal Building, a federal facility. Visitors will need a valid form of government-issued identification and to undergo a security screening to gain access.
USPTO Texas Regional Office
207 South Houston St., Suite 159
Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. CT. Closed on federal holidays.
Email: TexasRegionalOffice@uspto.gov
Parking is not available in the Terminal Annex Federal Building for USPTO visitors. There are several parking garages (a few listed below) nearby and limited metered parking is available on South Houston Street in front of the building.
Ace Parking – H Lot at 525 S. Houston Street; telephone: (214) 748-5535
Ace Parking – Union Station at 300 Reunion Boulevard; telephone: (214) 761-6400
Star Parking at 501 N. Houston Street; telephone: (214) 871-2283
LAZ Parking at 1015 Elm Street; telephone: (214) 747-7675
Removable media policy
Please be aware that you will not be able to connect unauthorized or personal removable media storage to any USPTO computer, docking station, or monitor at the Texas Regional Office. For more information, please see our USPTO removable media policy.
Representatives from the Texas Regional Office regularly participate in events through the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex.
World IP Day Dallas - STEM Workshop at the Texas Regional Office
Enfoque 39: La Importancia de las patentes - Telemundo Interview with TXRO Resource Supervisory Patent Examiner
"Why You Need to Know Hope Shimabuku" - D Magazine
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