Intellectual Property Publications from the U.S. Government come from various sources, but most are produced by the Department of Commerce which is the parent department for the Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The MPEP, TMEP, TBMP (a.k.a.TTAB manual)  are all products of the USPTO. Publications such as the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) can be changed by new/changed departmental rules, judicial rulings and by changes in the law., while the US Code (USC) is updated based only on changes to our laws enacted by the U.S. Congress. The USPTO includes certain sections of the USC and CFR relevant to IP Law in the MPEP and TMEP. 

This page answers the following questions:

• What manuals and publication formats do you sell and update?
• What types of changes occur to these publication?
• What is your update policy and what is the cost involved?

IP Data Corp. keeps in constant contact with various offices inside the USPTO, and we receive several different automated notifications from the U.S. Congress for publication updates and revisions, but quite often, even the offices responsible for these publications are unsure of exact release dates for these changes. That said, it is a very important part of our job to keep you informed and offer you the very latest publications and changes as we receive them.

How these changes affect each of our publication formats and our update policy: 

We offer all manuals in Soft cover format and on CD-ROM in PDF format.  Here are our policies and procedures for updates:

Soft Cover:

Note: Our shipping and handling costs are very reasonable. We do not add additional charges beyond the cost of the materials to pack (box, labels, packing materials) and the fees to actually ship products to you. We use UPS as our primary ground and air delivery service.