TMEP: Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure, Word Index, Oct. 2017 Ed (BitLaw)

Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure
Key Word Index

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Abandonment of application (See also Petition to revive abandoned application and Reinstatement of inadvertently abandoned application)

after ex parte appeal 718.05; 1714.01(f)(i)
after inter partes proceeding 718.06
defined 718
express 611.02; 718.01
granting additional time to avoid 718.03(b)
incomplete response resulting in 718 - 718.03(b); 1713.01; 1714.01(f)(ii)A
location of files 109.02
notice of, for failure to respond 718.04; 718.06
of multiple-basis application 806.02(d)
of multiple-class application 1403.05
ordering abandoned files 109.02
partial 718.02(a); 1402.13; 1403.05; 1904.03(d)
petition from examining attorney’s holding of 1713.01
through failure to file statement of use 718.04
through failure to prosecute appeal 718.05
through failure to respond to Office action 718.02; 718.03

Abstracts of title 503.08(a)

Acceptable Identification of Goods and Services Manual 1402.04

Access by public to files

electronic images 109.01
paper files 109.02

Accessibility

of assignment records 503.08
of files held by Office personnel 109

Acquired distinctiveness (§2(f) claim) 1212 et seq.

allegation of use filed with amendment to 714.05(a)(i)
as to a portion of the mark 1212.02(f)(i); 1212.09(b)
as to particular goods/services/classes 1212.02(j)
based on five years’ use 1212.05 - 1212.05(d)
based on ownership of prior registrations 1212.04 - 1212.04(e)
concession that matter is not inherently distinctive 1212.02(b)
disclaimers in applications claiming §2(f) 1212.02(e)
establishing with actual evidence 1212.06 - 1212.06(e)(iv)
evidence submitted to establish 1212.06 - 1212.06(e)(iv)
first or only user 1212.06(e)(i)
five years of use as proof of 1212.05 - 1212.05(d)
in part 1212.02(f) - 1212.02(f)(ii)(B); 1212.09(b)
in the alternative 1212.02(c)
in §1(b) application 1212.09 - 1212.09(b)
in §44 application 1010; 1212.08
in §66(a) application 1212.08
printing of 817; 1212.10
prior registrations as proof of 1212.04 - 1212.04(e)
unnecessary 1212.02(d)
with respect to incapable matter 1212.02(i)

Act of 1881 1601.04; 1602.02

Act of 1905 1601.04; 1602.02

Act of 1920 1601.05; 1602.03

Act of 1946 (See Trademark Act of 1946)

Action after issuance of notice of allowance and before filing of statement of use 806.03(j)(ii); 1107 - 1107.01

Action by affidavit/renewal examiner

upon examination of renewal application 1606.11
upon examination of §8 affidavit 1604.15

Action by examining attorney (See also Examination)

after final refusal 715; 715.03(b)
after new search 206.04
all arguments by applicant to be addressed in 713.03
all outstanding refusals and requirements to be noted in 713.02
citation of decisions in 705.05
citation of registrations in 705.03
date of 705.07
evidence supporting refusal in 710.01 - 710.01(c)
form paragraphs in 705.01
incomplete response to 611.05(a) - (c); 718.03 - 718.03(b); 1713.01 - 1713.02; 1714.01(f)(ii)(A)
language in 705.01
non-receipt of 717.02
piecemeal action to be avoided 704.01
raising new issues 706 - 706.01
returned 403; 717.01
review by supervisory examining attorney 705.06
"search clause" in 704.02
signature in 705.06
statutory language in 705.01
supplemental action 711.02
to be complete 704.01

Address

changing address of owner of registration 1609.11
changing correspondence address 503.01(b); 609.02 - 609.02(f)
correspondence 609 - 609.04
for communications to the International Bureau 1906
for communications to U.S. Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO") 305.01
for electronic mail communications 304
for filing documents to be recorded in Assignment Division 503.04
of applicant 803.05
of assignee 502.02(a) - (b)

Advisory statement cannot serve as foundation for final refusal 714.05(c)

Aesthetic functionality 1202.02(a)(vi)

Affidavit of continued use or excusable nonuse (§8) (See also Affidavit of continued use or excusable nonuse (§71))

appeal to federal court 1604.18(d)
certification marks 1604.21 - 1604.21(d)
change from mark as registered 1604.13
character of use of mark 1604.10
collective marks 1604.20 - 1604.20(b)
combined with renewal application 1604.19; 1606.15
combined with §15 affidavit 1605.05
deficiencies, correction of 1604.06(b); 1604.17 - 1604.17(c)
domestic representative, designation of 1604.14
excusable nonuse 1604.11
execution of 1604.08 - 1604.08(d)
extension of protection to the United States (§71) 1613
fee for filing 1604.06 - 1604.06(c)
form for filing 1604.03
goods and services set forth in 1604.09
grace period 1604.04; 1604.06(b)
nonuse 1604.11
notice on registration certificate 1604.02
Office action upon examination of 1604.15
ownership 1604.07 - 1604.07(f)
petition to Director 1604.18 - 1604.18(c)
premature filing of 1604.04(a)
recourse after refusal 1604.18 - 1604.18(d)
registrations in 20-year terms 1604.04(b)
requirements for 1604.05
response to Office action 1604.16
signature 1604.08 - 1604.08(d)
specimen(s) 1604.12 - 1604.12(c)
time for filing 1604.04; 1604.17(c)
untimely filing cannot be cured 1604.17(c); 1712.02(a)
use in commerce 1604.10
who may file 1604.07

Affidavit of continued use or excusable nonuse (§71) (See also Affidavit of continued use or excusable nonuse (§8)) 1613

certification marks 1613.21 - 1613.21(d)
collective marks 1613.20 - 1613.20(b)

Affidavit of incontestability (§15) 1605 - 1605.06

combined with §8 affidavit 1605.05
fee 1605.04
form for filing 1605.02
premature 1605.03
registered extension of protection of international registration 1605.01; 1904.11
requirements for 1605.04
substitute 1605.04
Supplemental Register registrations not eligible 1605.01
time for filing 1605.03
§14 limitation independent of 1605.06

Affidavit of use (See Affidavit of continued use or excusable nonuse (§8) and Affidavit of continued use or excusable nonuse (§71))

Affidavit under §8 (See Affidavit of continued use or excusable nonuse (§8))

Affidavit under §71 (See Affidavit of continued use or excusable nonuse (§71))

Agents 602.03 - 602.03(c)

Agreement of drawing and foreign registration in §44 application 807.03(f); 807.12(b); 1011.01

Agreement of drawing and specimen 807.03(e); 807.12(a) - 807.12(a)(iii); 1215.02(c)

Allegations of use in §1(b) application (See also Amendment to allege use and Statement of use) 714.05(a)(i); 1103

Alphabetical List, International 1401.02(c)

Amendment of application

after decision on appeal 1501.06
after final action 715; 715.01; 715.02
after Notice of Allowance 1107
after publication 806.03(j) - (j)(ii); 1505 - 1505.02(g)
from Principal Register to Supplemental Register in §1(b) application 1102.03
prohibited during period between issuance of notice of allowance and filing of statement of use, except to delete specified goods or services (§1(b) application) 1107
to add or substitute a basis for registration 806.03 - 806.03(k)
to change basis from §44 to §1(b) 806.03(d)
to change filing basis from §1(a) to §1(b) 806.03(c)
to change filing basis from §1(b) to §44 806.03(g); 806.03(j)(i) - 806.03(j)(iii)
to claim priority 806.03(b)
to delete §1(b) basis 806.04 - 806.04(a)
to different register 816 - 816.05; 1014; 1102.03

Amendment of dates of use

after registration 1609.07
to reflect a change, must be verified 903.04
upon amendment of identification 903.08

Amendment of mark in registration 1609.02 - 1609.02(g)

drawing 1609.02(b)
fee required 1609.02
in registered extension of protection 1609.02; 1904.13
material alteration of mark not permitted 1609.02(a)
specimen 1609.02(c)
who may request 1609.02

Amendment of mark on drawing 807.15

amendment to cure "internal inconsistency" not permitted 807.14(d)
in marks comprising domain names 1215.08 - 1215.08(b)
in registered extension of protection 1609.02; 1904.02(j); 1904.13; 1906.01(i)
in registration based on §1 or §44 application 1609.02 - 1609.02(g)
in request for extension of protection of international registration 807.13(b); 1609.02; 1904.02(j); 1904.13; 1906.01(i)
in §44 application 1011.03
may not result in material alteration 807.03(d); 807.14 - 807.14(e); 1609.02 - 1609.02(g)
must be warranted by specimens or foreign registration 807.12(a) - 807.12(a)(iii); 807.12(b); 807.13
not permitted in §66(a) application 807.13(b); 1609.02; 1904.02(j); 1906.01(i)
procedures for 807.15; 807.16
processing unacceptable amendments 807.17
to color features 807.14(e) - 807.14(e)(iii)

Amendment of registration (See also Amendment of mark in registration) 1609 - 1609.09

certification statement 1609.12
correction of mistake 1609.10 - 1609.10(b)
dates of use 1609.07
disclaimer 1609.05
effect on limitation of grounds for cancellation 1609.08
fee required 1609.02
from Supplemental to Principal Register not permitted 1609.09
of classification 1609.04
of identification of goods/services 1609.03
of mark 1609.02 - 1609.02(g)
of owner’s address 1609.11
of registered extension of protection 1609.01; 1609.02; 1609.03; 1609.04; 1904.13; 1906.01 - 1906.01(i)
of registrations with color claim 1609.02(e)
territorial restrictions 1609.06
who may request 1609.01(a); 1609.01(b)

Amendment to allege use 1104 - 1104.11

approval of 1104.11
blackout period 1103; 1104.03(b); 1104.03(c)
dates of use 1104.10(b)(iv)
drawing 1104.10(b)(vi))
ex parte appeals 1104.07
examination of, by examining attorney 1104.09 - 1104.10(a)
execution of 1104.10(b)(ii)
fee for filing 1104.10(b)(vii)
filed in conjunction with application 1104.05
filing during pendency of ex parte appeal 1104.07
form of 1104.02
identification of goods/services in 1104.10(b)(iii)
located after publication 1104.04
minimum requirements for 1104.01
ownership 1104.10(b)(i)
requirements for 1104.08
review for compliance with minimum filing requirements 1104.01(a) - 1104.01(c)
specimen 1104.10(b)(v)
substantive refusals 1102.01
time for filing 1104.03
use in commerce 1104.10(b)(iv)
use on all goods/services before filing 1104.03(a)
withdrawal of 1104.11

"America" or "American," marks comprising 1209.03(n); 1210.02(b)(iv)

American Viticultural Areas 1306.05(h)

Apostille 804.01(a)(i)

Appeal briefs, applicants’ 1501; 1501.02(a)

Appeal briefs, examining attorneys’

failure to file 1501; 1714.01(f)(ii)
format for 1501.02(b); Appendix A
preparation of 1501.02(b)

Appeal to Trademark Trial and Appeal Board

amendment after decision on 1501.06
amendment during 1501.05
appealable matter 1501.01; 1704
application record must be complete prior to 710.01(c)
dismissal of 1501; 1714.01(f)(ii)
fee for 1501.04
in general 1501 - 1501.07
time period for 715.03(c); 1501
withdrawal of refusal during 1501.03

Appealable matter 1501.01

Applicant

address of 803.05
application void if wrong party identified as 803.06; 1201.02(b)
association as 803.02(c) ; 803.03(c)
banking institution 803.03(g)
citizenship of 803.04
communication with applicant who is represented by attorney 601.02
companies 803.03(c)
corporation as 803.02(c); 803.03(c)
correcting mistake in name of 1201.02(c)
eligible under §44 1002 - 1002.05
Federally recognized Indian tribe 803.03(j)
foreign 803.03(i); Appendix D
government bodies and universities as 803.03(f)
individual as 803.02(a); 803.03(a)
joint applicants as 803.03(d)
joint venture as 803.02(b); 803.03(b)
limited liability companies as 803.03(h)
limited liability partnerships as 803.03(k)
may not be changed 803.06; 1201.02(b)
minor 803.01
must be natural or juristic person 803.01
name of 803.02
operating divisions 1201.02(d)
partnership as 803.02(b); 803.03(b)
properly identifying the applicant 1201.02(a)
sole proprietorship as 803.03(a)
trusts, conservatorships and estates as 803.03(e) - 803.03(e)(i)
verification of 804 - 804.05
who may apply 803.01

Applicant’s name 803.02

Applicants, joint 611.06(a); 803.03(d)

Application checklist 818

Application files

electronic 109.01; 402 - 402.01
new, processing of 401 - 401.04
preparation of, for publication or registration of mark 817
to remain in Office 109

Application for registration

abandoned (See also Abandonment of application) 718
"amended" 702.01
approved for publication 1502
basis for (See Filing basis)
classification 1401 - 1401.08
combined (See Combined application)
concurrent use (See Concurrent use registration)
dates of use 903.01; 903.02
declaration in lieu of oath 804.01(b)
defective 204 - 204.03
establishing ownership of 502 - 502.03
filing basis (See Filing basis)
filing date (See Filing date (application))
form for filing 802
informal 204 - 204.03
intent-to-use (See Intent-to-use applications)
multiple-class (See Combined application)
persons who can sign verification 804.04
priority under §44(d) 806.01(c); 1003 - 1003.08
should specify register on which registration is sought 801.02(a)
signature 804 - 804.05
specimen 904 - 904.07(b); 1301.04 - 1301.04(j)
statutory averments 804.02
suspended (See also Suspension of action by Office) 716 - 716.06
TEAS Plus 819 - 819.04
types of 801 - 801.02(b)
use in commerce 806.01(a)
verification made in foreign country 804.01(a)(i)
verification with oath 804.01(a)

Application serial number 401.02

Applications for international registration (See International applications for registration)

Article 6 ter of Paris Convention 1205.02

Artist, name of, on original work of art 1202.09(b)

Artists and authors, name of, as mark 1202.09 - 1202.09(b); 1301.02(b)

Assignee

entitled to prosecute application or registration 501.05; 502.01
establishing ownership in name of 502 - 502.03
issuance of new registration certificate to 502.03
issuance of original registration certificate in name of 502.02(a) - (b)
not domiciled in United States 501.04
stands in place of applicant or registrant 501.05

Assignment (See also Assignee)

accessibility of records 503.08
conditional 503.01(e)
definition of 501.01
documents 503.02; 503.03(a)
establishing ownership 502 - 502.03
examining attorney’s action regarding 502.02(c)
failure to record 501.03
indexing against recorded document not permitted 503.07
of extension of protection of international registration 501.01(b); 501.07; 502.01; 502.02(b); 502.03; 503.03(a); 503.05; 1904.06; 1906.01(a) - 1906.01(a)(iii)
of intent-to-use application 501.01(a)
of marks in applications or registrations 501.01
of §1(b) application 501.01(a)
of §44 application 501.04; 1006
of §66(a) application 501.01(b); 501.07; 502.01; 502.02(b); 502.03 ; 503.03(a); 503.05; 1904.06; 1906.01(a) - 1906.01(a)(iii)
partial 501.06; 1110.11; 1615
recordation of (See Assignment, recordation of)
records open to public 503.08
searching 104; 503.08
written assignment required 501.02

Assignment, recordation of

address for submitting documents 503.04
automatic updating 504 - 504.04
correction of errors in 503.06 - 503.06(f)
correspondence address not changed by 503.01(b)
cover sheet 503.03(e); 503.06(a) - 503.06(a)(ii)
date of 503.05
documents eligible for 503.02
effect of 503.01 - 503.01(e)
electronic filing 503.03(a); 503.03(b); 503.03(e)
errors, correction of 503.06 - 503.06(f)
fee for 503.03(d)
indexing not permitted 503.07
not a determination of validity 503.01(c)
of extension of protection of international registration must be filed International Bureau 503.03(a); 503.05; 503.06; 503.06(b); 504.04; 1904.06
of international registration 1906.01 - 1906.01(a)(iv)
original documents should not be filed 503.03(b)
petitions to correct or expunge assignment records 503.06(f)
procedure for 503.05
requirements for 503.03 - 503.03(e)
resubmission of documents for 503.05
searching may be done on USPTO website 104; 503.08

Association

name of 803.02(c)
state or country of organization of 803.03(c) ; 803.04

Assumed business name 803.02; 803.02(a); 803.02(b)

Attorney

appearance by 602; 602.01
associate power of 605.03
Canadian 602.03(a)
change of 604.03; 609.02; 609.02(a); 609.02(b)
communication with 601.02; 604.03; 608.01; 609.01; 609.02; 707.01; 708.02
communication with applicant who is represented by 601.02
correspondence sent to 604.03; 609; 609.01; 609.02(a); 609.02(b)
foreign 602; 602.03 - 602.03(e)
Office may not aid in selection of 601.01
powers of (See also Power of attorney) 602.01 - 605.04
representation of owner of mark by 601 - 601.02
revocation of power of 606
signature of 611.01(a); 611.02
standards of conduct 603
suspended 608.02
unauthorized practice 608
withdrawal of 607

Author, name of, as mark 1202.09(a) - 1202.09(a)(iii)

Averments, statutory 804.02

B

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Background designs and shapes as mark 1202.11

Banking institution as applicant 803.03(g)

Basic Facts About Registering a Trademark 105

Basis for filing (See Filing basis)

Blackout period 504.04 ; 1103; 1104.03(b) - 1104.03(c)

Blinded Veterans Association 1205.01

"Bona fide and effective industrial or commercial establishment" 1002.04

Bona fide intention to use mark in commerce

acceptable language for statement of 1101
application filing basis, under §1(b) 806.01(b)
continued 1101; 1108.02
must be asserted in request for extension of time to file statement of use 1108.02(e)
must be asserted in written application 806.01(b) - 806.01(d); 1101
must be asserted in §44 application, even if use has commenced 1008
must be asserted in §66(a) application 804; 804.05; 1904.01(c)
not necessary to repeat in multiple-basis application 806.02(g)

Bona fide use in ordinary course of trade 901.02

Bona fides of applicant, in asserting intent to use mark in commerce, not inquired into by examining attorney 1101

Buenos Aires Convention Appendix B

Bulky specimens 904.02(b)

Business cards as specimens of service mark use 1301.04(h)(i)

Business trusts 803.03(e)(i)

Business with Office to be transacted in writing 708.03; 709.03; 709.04; 709.05

C

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Canadian attorneys and agents 602.03(a)

Cancellation

of inadvertently accorded filing date 204.01
of international registration 1904.07 ; 1904.08
of notice of allowance 1106.03
of registration for certification mark 1306.04(e); 1306.04(f)(i)
of registration for failure to file affidavit of continued use 1604; 1604.04
of registration under §8 1604; 1604.04
of registrations under §14 or §37 1607
of registrations under §71 1904.10
surrender of registration for 1608

Catalogs as trademark specimens 904.03(h)

Certificate of extension of protection of international registration 1904.05

Certificate of mailing procedure

correspondence returned by U.S. Post Office 305.02(g)
date used to determine timeliness 305.02(e)
effect of 305.02(e)
eligible correspondence 305.02(a)
location of certificate 305.02(c)
mailing requirements and address 305.01
non-receipt of correspondence by PTO 305.02(f)
not available for filing international applications 305.02(a)
not available for filing requests for transformation 305.02(a)
not available for filing requests to record changes to an international registration 305.02(a)
not available for filing responses to IB notices of irregularities 305.02(a)
not available for filing subsequent designations 305.02(a)
not available for filing trademark applications 305.02(a)
wording of certificate 305.02(d)

Certificate of registration

extension of protection of international registration 1904.05
indication that mark is on Principal Register in 1601.07
indication that mark is on Supplemental Register in 1601.07
issuance in name of assignee 502.02(a) - (b)
new, upon change of ownership 502.03

Certificate of transmission (See Facsimile transmission, certificate of)

Certification division of USPTO (See Document Services Branch)

Certification mark

amendment to different type of mark 1306.06(b)
amendment of certification mark statement in registration 1609.12
authority of applicant to control use of geographic term 1306.05(b)(ii)
based on foreign registration 1306.02(a)(iv) - 1306.02(a)(iv)(A)
cancellation of prior trademark registration as prerequisite to issuance of certification mark registration 1306.04(f)(i)
cancellation of registration for 1306.04(e)
certification statement 1306.03(a); 1306.05(b)(i)
certification versus performance of services and sale of goods 1306.04(b)
characteristics of 1306.01(c); 1306.04(c)
circumstances surrounding use of 1306.04(c)
classification of goods/services in application to register 1306.02(d); 1401.03(d); 1902.02(g)(ii); 1904.02(b)
collective mark, distinguished from certification mark 1306.06(a)
dates of use 1306.02(a)(i)(A)
definition of 1306.01
distinguished from other types of marks 1306.01; 1306.04(b)(ii); 1306.06(a)
drawing requirements for 1306.04(a)
examination of application to register 1306.04 - 1306.04(f)(i)
exercise of control 1306.04(b)(i); 1306.05(b)(ii)
extension of protection of international registration 1306.02(a)(v); 1904.02(d)
foreign registration, basis for registration of certification mark 1306.02(a)(iv) - 1306.02(a)(iv)(A)
geographic term used to designate regional origin 1210.09; 1306.05 - 1306.05(c)
geographically deceptive term not permitted 1306.05(e)
government as applicant for 1306.05(b)(ii)
grounds for cancellation under §14, applicability to examination 1306.04(e)
identification of goods or services 1306.02(c)
in §66(a) application 1306.02(a)(v); 1904.02(d)
indication of regional origin versus description of goods 1306.02(c)
labor performed by specific group or individual, term used to certify that 1306.01
not registrable as trademark, service mark, or any other type of mark 1306.04(f) - 1306.04(f)(i)
ownership of 1306.04(b)
patent licenses, use of trademark or service mark by patent licensee distinguished from 1306.04(b)(iii)
purpose is to certify, not indicate source 1306.01(b)
quality control by owner not a requirement 1306.01(a)
related company use of trademark or service mark distinguished from 1306.04(b)(ii)
same mark not registrable as other type of mark 1306.04(f) - 1306.04(f)(i)
special elements of applications for 1306.03 - 1306.03(c)
specimens 1306.02(a)(i)(B); 1306.04(c); 1306.04(d) - 1306.04(d)(ii) ; 1306.05(b)(iii)
standards 1306.03(b)
statement of control over use of mark 1306.02(b)(i) - 1306.02(b)(ii); 1306.04(b)(i)
statement of what mark certifies 1306.03(a); 1306.05(b)(i)
statement that applicant does not market/produce the goods/services 1306.03(c)
title or degree not a certification mark 1306.04(d)(ii)
uncertainty as to type of mark 1306.06
use is by others 1306.01(a); 1306.02(a)(i)(A); 1306.03(c)
verification language in application to register 1306.02(b) - 1306.02(b)(ii)

Certification or certified copy of foreign registration required for §44(e) 1004.01

Chain of title 502.01; 502.02(a); 504.03

Change of attorney 604.03

Change of correspondence address 503.01(b); 609.02 - 609.02(f)

Change of filing date of application 204.03; 205; 206.01 ; 206.04 ; 1711

Character or person, as mark 1202.09 - 1202.09(b) ; 1202.10 - 1202.10(a); 1301.02(b)

Check, returned unpaid

affidavit of continued use or excusable nonuse (§8) 405.06; 1604.06(c)
amendment to allege use 405.06; 1104.10(b)(vii)
application filing fee 202.03(a); 405.06
extension of time to file statement of use 405.06; 1108.02(c)
renewal fee 405.06; 1606.05(c)
statement of use 405.06; 1109.15(a)

Checklist, application 818

Checks, in general 405.02 - 405.02(a)

Citation of Decisions and USPTO Publications 705.05

Citizenship of applicant 803.04

Claim of priority (See also Priority under §44(d))

amendment to add 806.03(b); 1003.02
form of 806.01(c); 806.01(e); 1003; 1904.01(e)
in application for international registration 1902.05
in request for extension of protection of international registration 206.02; 1904.01(e)

Claiming benefits of Act of 1946 under §12(c) 1603 - 1603.03

Class headings 1401.02(a)

Classification of goods/services

amendment after publication 707.02; 1109.14; 1505.02(b)
amendment after registration 1401.02; 1609.04
amendment from U.S. to international classification system 1401.02; 1601.06; 1609.04
amendment not permitted in §66(a) application 1401.03(d); 1505.02(b); 1609.04; 1904.02(b)
amendment of 707.02; 1401.03; 1401.03(b); 1401.04(b); 1403.02; 1403.02(b)
cannot be changed in §66(a) application 1306.02(d) ; 1401.03(d); 1505.02(b); 1609.04; 1904.02(b)
certification mark 1306.02(d) ; 1401.03(d); 1902.02(g)(ii); 1904.02(d)
changes based on 8 ^th – 10 ^th Nice Agreements 1401.09 - 1401.12
collective mark 1303.01
collective membership mark 1304.02(d); 1401.03(d); 1902.02(g)(ii); 1904.02(d)
criteria for determining 1401.02(a); 1401.05
designation by applicant normally accepted 1401.03(a)
designation by International Bureau in §66(a) application controls 1401.03(d); 1904.02(b)
designation by Office 1401.03(b)
in application for international registration 1902.02(g) - 1902.02(g)(iii)
in §66(a) application 1401.03(d); 1505.02(b); 1609.04; 1904.02(b)
international system 1401.02 - 1401.02(c)
plurality of uses 1401.05(c)
republication not required after amendment 1505.02(b)
services 1401.02(a); 1402.11
short titles of classes 1401.02(b)
should be designated by applicant, if known 1401.03
specimens as related to 1401.06; 1401.07
statutory authority for 1401.01

Clear error 706.01; 1109.08; 1706

Closings of USPTO, unscheduled 309

Coat of arms, refusal to register mark comprising 1204

Collateral estoppel 1217

Collective mark, in general (See also Collective membership mark and Collective trademarks and service marks)

definition of 1302
history of 1302.01

Collective membership mark

application requirements 1304.02 - 1304.02(d)
classification 1304.02(d); 1401.03(d); 1902.02(g)(ii); 1904.02(d)
control over use of 1304.02(a)(i) - 1304.02(a)(i)(A); 1304.02(b)(i) - 1304.02(b)(ii)
definition 1302
distinguished from other types of marks 1302; 1304.01; 1306.06(a)
examination of application to register 1304.03 - 1304..03(c)
history of 1302.01
identifications 1304.02(c)
in §66(a) application 1904.02(d)
ownership of 1302.01; 1304.03(a)
purpose of 1304.01
refusal to register 1304.03(b) - 1304.03(c)
specimens for 1304.02(a)(i)(C)
title or degree designations compared with 1304.03(b)(ii)
use is by members 1304.01; 1304.02(a)(i); 1304.02(a)(i)(B)
who may apply 1304.03(a)

Collective organization

nature of collective organization 1302 - 1303
use of collective mark by members of 1302; 1303.01(a)(i) - 1303.01(a)(ii)
use of trademark or service mark by 1305

Collective trademarks and service marks

application requirements 1303.01
control over use of 1303.01(a)(i) - 1303.01(a)(i)(A); 1303.01(a)(ii) - 1303.01(a)(v); 1303.01(b)(i) - 1303.01(b)(ii); 1303.02(a)
definition 1302
distinguished from other types of marks 1302; 1303; 1306.06(a)
examination of application to register 1303.02 - 1303.02(b)
manner of control 1303.01(a)(i)(A)
ownership of 1303.02(a)
specimens for 1303.01(a)(i)(C)
use is by members 1303.01(a)(i); 1303.01(a)(i)(B)

Color

amendment of color features of mark 807.14(e) - (e)(iii)
as a mark 1202.05 - 1202.05(i)
as a separable element of a mark 1202.05(c)
black, white or gray shown on drawing 807.07(d) - (f)
drawings of 807.07 - 807.07(e); 1202.05(d) - 1202.05(d)(iv)
functional color marks not registrable 1202.05(b)
gray 807.07(d) - (f)
in the mark 807.07 - 807.07(e); 1202.05 - 1202.05(i)
lining 807.07(g); 808.01(b); 1902.02(e)
location statement 807.07(a)(ii)
must be claimed as feature of the mark 807.07(a); 807.07(a)(i)
special considerations for color marks 1202.05(g)
specimens for marks comprising 904.02(c)(ii); 1202.05(f)

Color claim 807.07(a) - 807.07(f)

Columns or sections of publications, marks that identify 1202.07 - 1202.07(b)

Combined affidavit under §§8 and 15 1605.05

Combined application 1403 - 1403.07

abandonment of 718.02(a); 1403.05
addition of class number(s) in 1403.02(c)
amendment of 1403.02
correction of class(es) in 1403.02(b)
deletion of class(es) from 1403.02(a)
division of (See also Division of application) 1403.03
filing fees for 810.01; 1401.04; 1403.06
refusal as to fewer than all classes in 1403.05
requirements for 1403.01
single certificate of registration issued, unless application divided 1403.01
specimens for 904.01(b)

Commerce

bona fide use in ordinary course of trade 901.02
commerce that may be lawfully regulated by Congress 901.03
definition of 901.01
territorial 901.03
type of 901.03
use in (See Use in commerce)
with the United States 901.03

Commercial name 1202.01

Commissioner, change of title 1701

Companion applications and registrations 702.03(a) - 702.03(a)(iv)

"Company"

does not identify legal entity in the United States 803.03; 803.03(c)
used in commonwealth countries to designate legal entity 803.03(i)

Company, related (See Related company)

Compliance with other laws 907

Component or ingredient, mark used to identify 1402.05(a)

Composition material of goods 1402.05(b)

Computer programs

identification of 1402.03(d)
specimens for 904.03(e)

Computer services, identification of 1402.11(a) - 1402.11(a)(xii)

Computer software as service mark 1301.02(f)

Computing period for response to action 310

Concurrent use registration 1207.04 - 1207.04(g)(i)

not permitted in §44 and §66(a) applications 1207.04(b)

Conditional assignment 503.01(e)

Configuration of goods or packaging 1202.02 - 1202.02(f)(ii)

Conflicting applications 702.03(b); 705.03; 718.07; 1207 - 1207.03; 1208 - 1208.02(f)

Conflicting marks 702.03(b); 1207 - 1207.03 ; 1208 - 1208.02(f)

Congressional inquiry 1802

Consent agreement 714.05(d); 715.03(b); 1207.01(d)(viii)

Consent to register by living individual 813 - 813.01(c); 1206 - 1206.05

Connection with goods or services 1206.02
Implicit consent 1206.04(d)
Must be personally signed 813; 1206.04(a) - 1206.04(b) ; 1206.04(b)
Must be written consent to registration 1206.04(a)
Name or likeness is that of living individual 813.01(a); 1206.01
Names and likenesses that do not identify particular living individual 813.01(b); 1206.05
Not required if consent of record in prior registration 1206.04(c)
Presumed from signature of application 1206.04(b)
Printing of statement 813.01(a) - 813.01(c)
Sample statements 813.01(a) - 813.01(b)
Statement required in TEAS Plus application 813; 819.01(o)
Updating TRAM database 813.01(a) - 813.01(c)
When inquiry required 1206.03
Written consent must be personally signed 813; 1206.04(a) - 1206.04(b)

Conservatorship as owner of mark 803.03(e)

Constructive use 201.02; 1904.01(g)

Control over nature and quality of goods/services 1201.01; 1201.03 - 1201.03(a)

Convention or treaty relating to trademarks 1001; 1002.01 - 1002.05 ; 1900; Appendix B

Copending (companion) applications 702.03(a) - 702.03(a)(iv)

Copies of documents, when acceptable for filing 302.01

Copies of materials in files, requests for 111

Copies of trademark applications and registrations, requests for 111

Copying materials in files 109.03

Corporation

address of 803.05
name of 803.02 - 803.02(c)
non-profit 803.03(c)
signature on behalf of 611.06(d); 804.04
state or country of incorporation 803.04
tax-exempt 803.03(c)

Correction of drawing 807.13 - 807.16

Correction of errors in cover sheet or recorded document 503.06 - 503.06(f)

Correction of errors in international registration 1906.01(f)

Correction of mistake in name of applicant 1201.02(c)

Correction of mistake in registration 1609.10 - 1609.10(b)

Correspondence address 609 - 609.04

applicant has duty to maintain current correspondence address 609.03
change of 609.02 - 609.02(f); 609.04
establishing 609.01
in §66(a) application 609.01(a)
signature of request to change 609.02(b); 611.02

Correspondence for trademark applications 302.03(a)

Correspondence for trademark registrations 302.03(b)

Correspondence with applicants not domiciled in United States 609.04

Correspondence, returned as undeliverable 403

Correspondence, with whom held 609 - 609.04

Country of origin 1002.04

Courier service, delivery of correspondence by 307

Court orders concerning registrations 1610

Cover sheet required for recording in Assignment Division 503.03(e)

Credit card 405.01; 405.06

Charges refused or charged back 202.03(a) - 202.03(a)(i); 405.06

Cultivar names 1202.12

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Date

of filing (See Filing date (application) and "Office Date" label)
of first use in commerce 903.02
of first use of mark 903.01
of notarization of application 804.01(a)
of receipt stamped on hand-delivered papers 303.01; 303.02(b); 307
of signing of §2.20 declaration in application 804.01(a); 804.01(b); 804.03

Date stamp (See "Office Date" label)

Dates of use (See also Date of first use in commerce and Date of first use of mark)

amending 903.04; 1609.07
apparent discrepancies in 903.06(a)
in allegation of use, may be earlier than application filing date 903
in another form 903.07
indefinite 903.06
must be specified in amendment to allege use 903; 1104.10(b)(iv)
must be specified in statement of use 903; 1109.09(a)
must be specified in §1(a) application 806.01(a); 903
must be verified 903
pertain to at least one item in class 903.08
relation between 903.03

DBA designations 803.02 - 803.02(c)

De facto functionality 1202.02(a)(iii)(B)

De jure functionality 1202.02(a)(iii)(B)

Dead languages, translation of 809.01(b)(iii); 1207.01(b)(vi); 1207.01(b)(vi)(B) ; 1209.03(g)

Deadline for response 711 - 711.02

Deadline for response, how to compute 310

Deceptive matter 1203; 1203.02 - 1203.02(g); 1210.05 - 1210.05(e)

amending identification of goods or services to overcome §2(a) refusal 1203.02(e)(ii); 1203.02(f)(i); 1203.02(g)
case references 1203.02(g)
determining materiality 1203.02(d)
distinction between marks comprising deceptive matter and deceptively misdescriptive marks 1203.02(c)
elements of §2(a) deceptiveness refusal 1203.02(b)
marks comprising deceptive matter are not registrable 1203.02 ; 1203.02(f)(ii)
mere personal preference 1203.02(d)(ii)
objective criteria 1203.02(d)(i)
procedure for issuing §2(a) deceptive refusals 1203.02(e) - 1203.02(e)(ii)
types of deceptive marks 1203.02(a)

Deceptively misdescriptive geographic marks 1210; 1210.01(b); 1210.05(a) - 1210.06 ; 1210.06(b)

basis for refusal 1210.05(a)
test 1210.01(b) - 1210.01(c)

Deceptively misdescriptive marks 1209.04

Declaration in lieu of oath 804.01(b)

Declaration under §8 (See Affidavit of continued use or excusable nonuse (§8))

Declaration under §71 (See Affidavit of continued use or excusable nonuse (§71))

Defective application materials 204 - 204.03

Degrees or titles 1304.03(b)(ii) ; 1306.04 ; 1306.04(d)(ii)

Delay between execution and filing of papers 804.03; 1104.10(b)(ii); 1108.02(b); 1109.11(c)

Deletion

of items from identification 1104.10(b)(iii); 1107; 1108.02(d); 1109.13; 1402.06(a) ; 1604.09(b); 1613.09(b) ; 1902.07(c)(ii)
of matter from mark on drawing 807.14(a)

Deposit accounts 405.03

Description of mark

accurate but incomplete 808.03(c) - 808.03(c)(ii)
application submitted without 808.03(b)
examination procedure for 808.03 - 808.03(g)
guidelines for requiring 808.01
must be accurate and concise 808.02
of color in mark 807.07(a)(ii); 1202.05(e)
of location of mark on goods 807.08 ; 808.01; 1202.02(c)(ii)
of mark comprising configuration 808.01; 1202.02(c)(ii)
of mark in §66(a) application 808.01 ; 1904.02(j) - 1904.02(k)
of sensory mark 807.09
of significant aspects of the mark 808.02
of three-dimensional mark 807.10; 808.01
printed in Official Gazette 808.03
printed on registration certificate 808.03
printing of 808.03; 817; 1202.02(c)(ii)

Descriptiveness, geographical 1210 - 1210.09

Descriptiveness, mere 1209; 1209.01 - 1209.03(u)

"America" or "American" 1209.03(n)
combined terms 1209.03(d)
design, picture, or illustration 1209.03(f)
domain names 1209.03(m); 1215.04; 1215.05
first user 1209.03(c)
foreign equivalents 1209.03(g)
function or purpose 1209.03(p)
incongruity 1209.01(a); 1209.03(d); 1213.05(d)
intended users 1209.03(i)
laudatory terms 1209.03(k)
more than one meaning 1209.03(e) ; 1213.05(c)
"National," "International," "Global" and "Worldwide" 1209.03(o)
no dictionary listing 1209.03(b)
phonetic equivalent 1209.03(j)
procedure for refusal 1209.02 - 1209.02(b)
punctuation 1209.03(u)
repetition of descriptive term 1209.03(t)
retail store and distributorship services 1209.03(r)
slogans 1202.04 ; 1209.03(s)
source or provider of goods/services 1209.03(q)
telephone numbers 1209.03(l)
test for genericness 1209.01(c)(i)
third party registrations 1209.03(a)

Destruction of paper files 109.02

Diligence (See Due diligence in monitoring status of pending matters)

Director, statutory authority of 1701

Disclaimer

alliteration 1213.05(e)
as to certain classes, or certain goods or services 1213
compound word marks 1213.05(a) - 1213.05(a)(ii)
display of mark 1213.05(f)
double entendre 1213.05(c)
form of 1213.08 - 1213.08(d)
history 1213.01
hyphens and other punctuation 1213.05(a)(ii)
in relation to likelihood of confusion 1213.09; 1213.10
incongruity 1209.01(a); 1213.05(d)
of domain name 1215.07
of entire mark not permitted 1213.06
of entity designations or the familial structure of an entity 1213.03(d)
of foreign words 1213.08(d)
of generic matter 1213.03(b)
of geographic terms 1210.06(a) - 1210.06(b)
of misspelled words 1213.08(c)
of pictorial representations of descriptive matter 1213.03(c)
of unregistrable matter in its entirety 1213.08(b)
piecemeal disclaimer not permitted 1213.08(b)
refusal to register because of failure to disclaim 1213.01(b)
removal rather than 1213.07
slogans 1213.05(b)(i)
sound patterns 1213.05(e)
standardized printing format for 1213.08(a)(i)
telescoped words 1213.05(a)(i)
trade names 1213.04
unitary mark not subject to 1213.05 - 1213.05(h)
voluntary 1213.01(c)

Disparagement 1203.03 - 1203.03(b)(ii)

Distinctiveness of product design 1202.02(b)(i)

Distinctiveness of product packaging 1202.02(b)(ii)

Distinctiveness of trade dress 1202.02(b) - 1202.02(b)(ii)

Distinctiveness under §2(f) (See Acquired distinctiveness (§2(f)) claim)

Division

fee for 1110.02
of application 1110 - 1110.11(a)
of application subject to Board proceeding 1110.09
of application under §44 1110.10
of application under §66(a) 1110.11 - 1110.11(a)
of international registration 1906.01(a)(iv)
of multiple class application 1403.03
of registration 1615 - 1615.02
time for filing 1110.03
when response to Office action is due 1110.08
when statement of use is due 1110.07

Divisions, operating or unincorporated 803.01; 1201.02(d)

Document Services Branch, Public Records Division 111

Documents not returned to filer 404

Documents that the Office will record 503.02

Domain names, marks comprising 1209.03(m); 1215 - 1215.10

adding or deleting TLDs 1215.08(a) - (b)
agreement of mark on drawing with mark on specimen 1215.02(c); 1215.08 - 1215.08(b)
combined with geographic matter 1215.06
combined with surname 1211.01(b)(vii); 1215.03
descriptiveness 1209.03(m); 1215.04; 1215.05
disclaimer of 1215.07
effect of incontestability in ex parte examination 1216.02
effect of prior applicant’s registration 1216 - 1216.02
for domain name registry services 1215.02(d) - 1215.02(d)(iv)
generic refusals 1209.03(m); 1215.05
intent-to-use applications 1215.02(e)
likelihood of confusion 1215.09
material alteration 1215.08 - 1215.08(c)
phonetic equivalent of TLD 1215.10
Surnames 1215.03
use applications 1215.02(a)
use as a mark 1215.02 - 1215.02(e)
§44 and 66(a) applications 1215.02(f)

Domestic representative (of party not domiciled in United States)

designation by applicant 610; 811; 1013
designation by assignee 501.04
designation by renewal applicant 1606.10
mailing of correspondence to 609.04
with respect to affidavits under §8 1604.14
with respect to proceedings before Trademark Trial and Appeal Board 610

Drawing(s) (See also Special form drawing and Standard character drawing)

agreement with foreign registration in §44 application 807; 807.03(f); 807.07(b) ; 807.07(d)(ii) ; 807.12(b) ; 807.12(d) - 807.12(e); 1011.01
agreement with specimens 807; 807.03(e); 807.12(a) - 807.12(a)(iii); 1215.02(c)
amendments (See Amendment of mark on drawing)
broken lines on 807.08; 1202.02(c)(i) - 1202.02(c)(i)(C)
clear drawing of 202.01
code 807.18
color 807.07 - 807.07(d)(iii); 1202.05(d) - 1202.05(d)(iv)
color lining 807.07(g); 808.01(b); 1902.02(e)
deletion of matter from 807.14(a)
determining when special form exists 807.04 - 807.04(b)
dotted lines on 807.08; 1202.02(c)(i) - 1202.02(c)(i)(C)
electronically filed application 807.05 - 807.05(c)
examination of 1102.02; 1104.10(b)(vi) ; 1109.12
fax transmission not permitted 306.01
for sensory marks 807.09
gray tones in 807.07(d) - 807.07(d)(iii); 807.07(f) - 807.07(f)(ii)
in applications filed before November 2, 2003 807.03(i); 807.07(f)
in §44 application 807.03(f) - 807.03(h) ; 807.07(b) ; 807.07(d)(ii); 807.12(b); 807.12(d) ; 807.13(a); 1011 - 1011.04
in §66(a) application 807.03(b); 807.03(g) - 807.03(h) ; 807.07(b); 807.07(d)(iii); 807.07(f)(i); 807.12(c); 807.13(b); 1904.02(k)
ink (See Special form drawing)
limited to mark 807.02
limited to one mark 202.01; 807.01; 1011.02
lining 807.07(g); 808.01(b); 1902.02(e)
long marks 807.05(a)(i); 807.06(b)
mark drawing code 807.18
mark entered in "Mark" field of TEAS application controls 202.01; 807.01; 807.14(d)
mark on separate drawing page controls 202.01; 807.01; 807.14(d)
motion, drawing of marks with 807.11
multiple marks 202.01; 807.01
multiple rendition of three dimensional mark 807.10
not required for sound, scent or non-visual mark 807.09
paper 807.06 - 807.06(c); 807.07(f)(ii)
punctuation, role of 807.12(a)(i) - 807.12(a)(iii); 807.14(c)
purpose of 807
required for marks other than sound, scent, and other non-visual marks 807
separate drawing page for paper-filed applications 807.06(c)
showing position of mark 807.08
size of, in paper-filed applications 807.06(a)
special form (See Special form drawing)
standard character 807.03 - 807.03(i)
substitute 807.15
three-dimensional marks 807.10; 1202.02(c)(iv)
type of paper for 807.06(a)
typed (See Standard character drawing)

Dual citizenship asserted by applicant 803.04

Due diligence in monitoring status of pending matters 108.03; 1705.05; 1712.01; 1714.01(d)

Duplicate registrations not issued 703

Duration of registration 1602 - 1602.04

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Educational institution as owner of mark 803.03(f)

Effective date

of Madrid Protocol Implementation Act 1900 (introductory text)
of Trademark Act of 1946 1601.02
of Trademark Law Revision Act of 1988 1602.01
of Trademark Law Treaty Implementation Act 1602.04

Effective filing date of application 206 - 206.03

Electronic filing through TEAS 301; 303.02(a)

confirmation of receipt of 303.02(a)
drawings 807.05 - 807.05(c)
signature 611.01(c)
specimens 904.02(a)

Electronic funds transfer 405.05

Electronic image files 109.01; 402

Electronic mail 304 - 304.03

attachments must be in.jpg or.pdf format 304.01
authorization of 304.03
cannot be used to respond to examining attorneys’ Office actions 304.02; 709.05
communications that may be filed by 304.01; 304.02
outgoing 304.03; 403; 717.01
procedure 304.03 ; 709.04 - 709.05

Electronic signature 611.01(c)

English, application must be in 802

Enrollment and Discipline, Office of 602; 602.03 - 602.03(b); 604.01; 611.05(b) ; 720

Entity of foreign applicants, common terms designating 803.03(i); 803.04; Appendix D

Entity, legal 803.03 - 803.03(k); Appendix D

Equivalents, foreign 1207.01(b)(vi) - 1207.01(b)(vi)(C); 1209.03(g); 1211.01(a)(vii)

Errors in cover sheet or recorded document, correction of 503.06 - 503.06(f)

Establishing ownership of applications or registrations 502 - 502.03

Estate as owner of mark 803.03(e)

European Union Trademark Appendix B

Evidence with respect to refusal or requirement 710 - 710.03

from Internet 710.01(b)
from research database 710.01(a)
indicating no refusal or requirement necessary 710.02
of third party registration 710.03
record must be complete prior to appeal 710.01(c); 1501.02(b)
remand for introduction of new evidence 1504.05

Ex parte, contacts with third parties regarding ex parte matters 1806

Examination

checklist 818
initial (See also Intent-to-use applications, initial examination of) 704 - 704.03; 1102 - 1102.04
of related applications 702.03 - 702.03(b)
of §66(a) application 1904.02 - 1904.09(b)
order of 702.01; 702.02; 702.03(a)(i) - 702.03(a)(ii)
procedure 704 - 704.03
search 704.02; 718.07
"second" examination (See Statement of use, examination of)
"special" applications 702.02; 1710 - 1710.02
statutory authority for 701
suspended applications 716 - 716.06

Examiner’s amendment

approval of 707.01
combined with priority action 708.05
form of 707.03
may not be issued as first action in §66(a) application 707
objection to amendment of identification of goods/services 1402.07(e)
paralegal cannot authorize 608.01; 707.01
to charge fee 405.03; 810.01
to enter standard character claim 707.02
when appropriate 707 - 707.02
without prior authorization 707.02

Examining attorneys’ appeal briefs (See Appeal briefs, examining attorneys’)

Express abandonment of application 608.01; 611.02; 718.01

Extension of protection of international registration to the United States (See also Registered extension of protection and Section 66(a))

affidavit of continued use or excusable nonuse 1613; 1904.10
affidavit of incontestability 1605.01; 1904.11
amendment of identification of goods/services 1402.01(c); 1609.01; 1904.02(c) - (c)(v); 1906.01(i)
amendment of mark not permitted 807.13(b); 1609.02; 1904.02(j); 1906.01(i)
amendment to Supplemental Register not permitted 801.02(b); 815; 816.01; 816.04; 1904.02(f)
amendments to 1904.13(a)
assignability of 501.01(b)
assignee, issuance of registration certificate in name of 502.02(b); 502.03
assignment of 501.01(b); 501.07; 502.01; 502.02(b); 502.03; 503.03(a); 503.05; 1904.06; 1906.01(a) - 1906.01(a)(iii)
basis 806.01(e); 806.03(k); 1505.02(f); 1904.01(a)
can be amended under §7 only in limited circumstances 1609.01(a)
cancellation of, by IB 1904.08
cannot be based on USPTO application 1904.01(h)
certificate of registration 1904.05
certificate of registration, issuance in name of new owner 502.02(b); 502.03
claim of acquired distinctiveness 1212.08
classification of goods and services 1401.03(d); 1403.02; 1403.02(b); 1403.02(c); 1505.02(b); 1609.04; 1904.02(b); 1904.02(c) - (c)(v)
concurrent use registration not permitted 1207.04(b)
constructive use 1904.01(g)
correction of errors 1904.02(e)(i); 1904.03(f); 1904.13; 1904.13(b); 1904.14; 1906.01(f)
correspondence address 609.01(a); 1904.02(i)
declaration of intent to use required 804.05; 1904.01(c)
dividing 1110.11; 1615.02
drawing 807.03(b); 807.03(g); 807.03(h); 807.07(b); 807.07(d)(iii); 807.07(f)(i); 807.12(c); 807.13(b); 1904.02(k)
establishing right to take action 502.01
examination of 1904.02 - 1904.02(l); 1904.09(b)
express abandonment of 608.01; 611.02; 718.01
filing basis 806.01(e); 806.03(k); 1505.02(f); 1904.01(a)
filing date 201 - 201.02; 202 - 202.01; 202.03; 203; 1904.01(b)
filing fee 202.03; 810 - 810.01; 810.01; 1904.01(f)
filing receipt 401.01
identification of goods and services 1402.01(c); 1609.01(a); 1904.02(c) - (c)(v); 1906.01(i)
incontestability, affidavit of 1605.01; 1904.11
invalidation of 1904.07 - 1904.07(d)
issuance of registration certificate in name of new owner 502.02(b); 502.03
jurisdiction 1504.04; 1904.02(l)
limitation in list of goods/services 1904.02(e)(ii); 1904.03(g); 1904.15; 1906.01(e)
mark cannot be amended 807.13(b); 1609.02; 1904.02(j); 1906.01(i)
must be filed by holder of international registration 1201
notice of refusal 1904.03 - 1904.03(g); 1904.04
Office actions, issuing 1904.02(h)
opposition 1503.01 - 1503.05; 1504.02 - 1504.04(a); 1904.04
ownership, change of 501.01(b); 501.07; 502.01; 502.02(b); 502.03; 503.03(a); 503.05; 1904.06; 1906.01 - 1906.01(a)(iv)
ownership, in general 501 - 501.07; 502; 1201; 1904.06
priority claim 206.02; 1904.01(e)
recording change of ownership 503.05; 1904.06; 1906.01(a) - 1906.01(a)(iv)
refusal of 711.02; 714.05(b); 1904.03 - 1904.03(g); 1904.04
remains part of international registration 1904.05
remand 1504.02; 1504.04; 1504.05
renewal of 1602.01; 1606.01(b); 1614; 1905
replacement 1616; 1904.12
signature 804.04; 804.05; 1904.01(c)
Supplemental Register, amendment to not a new issue 714.05(a)(i)
Supplemental Register, not registrable on 801.02(b); 815; 816.01; 816.04; 1904.02(f)
transformation of 1904.09 - 1904.09(b)
use not required 901; 1904.01(d)
verification 804; 804.04; 804.05; 1904.01(c); 1904.02(d)

Extension of time to file statement of use (See Request for extension of time to file statement of use)

Extension of time to oppose 1503.04

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Facsimile transmission, certificate of (See also Facsimile transmission, filing of correspondence by)

effect of 306.05(c)
eligible correspondence 306.01
non-receipt of correspondence by PTO 306.05(d)
not available for filing international applications 306.01
not available for filing requests for transformation 306.01
not available for filing requests to record changes to an international registration 306.01
not available for filing responses to IB notices of irregularities 306.01
not available for filing subsequent designations 306.01
not available for filing trademark applications 306.01
requirements for 306.05 - 306.05(c)
wording of certificate 306.05(b)

Facsimile transmission, filing of correspondence by (See also Facsimile transmission, certificate of)

documents excluded 306.01
documents included 306.01
effect of 306.03
not available for filing applications 306.01
procedure for 306.04; 306.05

Failure to Function 1202; 1301.02(a)

Background designs and shapes 1202.11

Color as a mark 1202.05 - 1202.05(a)

hashtag marks 1202.18 - 1202.18(b)

holograms 1202.14

inconsistent goods or services 1202.19(f) - 1202.19(f)(ii)

informational matter 1202.04

model grade designations 1202.16(a)

names of artists and authors 1202.09(a)

names and designs of characters in creative works 1202.10

ornamentation 1202.03

product design 1202.02(b)(i)

product packaging 1202.02(b)(ii)

repeating pattern marks, not inherently distinctive 1202.19(e) - 1202.19(e)(iii)

scent, fragrance, or flavor 1202.13

service marks 1301.02(a)

title of single creative work 1202.08

universal symbols 1202.17(c) - 1202.17(c)(iii)

varietal and cultivar names 1202.12

False suggestion of connection 1203.03(c) - 1203.03(c)(iii)

Family of marks 1207.01(d)(xi)

Fax copies of documents, filing of 302.01

Fax transmission (See Facsimile transmission, filing of correspondence by)

Federal holiday, response period ending on 308

Fee(s)

electronic funds transfer 405.05
for correcting irregularities in international application 1902.07(b)(i)
for filing amendment to allege use 1104.10(b)(vii)
for filing application 202.03; 810 - 810.02; 1401.04; 1403.01
for filing ex parte appeal 1501.04
for filing international application 1902.02(i); 1903.02
for filing multiple-class application 810 - 810.01; 1401.04; 1403.01
for filing notice of opposition 1503.01
for filing petition to revive abandoned application 1714; 1714.01; 1714.01(a(i); 1714.01(b); 1714.01(c)
for filing request for extension of time to file statement of use 1108.02(c)
for filing request for transformation 1904.09(a)
for filing request to record changes in ownership to an international registration 1906.01(a)(i)
for filing statement of use 1109.15
for filing subsequent designation 1902.08(c)
for recording document in Assignment Recordation Branch 503.03(d)
for request to divide 1110.02
international, payment of 1903.02
method of payment of 405 - 405.06
number of 810 - 810.01; 1401.04; 1403.01; 1403.06
refund of (See Refund of fees)
refused by financial institution 202.03(a) - 202.03(a)(i); 405.06
returned check 202.03(a) - 202.03(a)(i); 405.06; 1104.01(b); 1104.10(b)(vii); 1108.02(c); 1109.15(a); 1604.06(c); 1606.05(c); 1613.06(c); 1705.02

Files, access to 109 - 109.03

Files, destruction of 109.02

Files, electronic 109.01; 109.03; 402 - 402.01

Filing basis

abandonment of multiple-basis application 806.02(d)
amendment after publication 806.03(j) - 806.03(j)(iii); 1505.02(f)
amendment from §1(a) to §1(b) 806.03(c)
amendment from §1(b) to §44 806.03(g)
amendment from §44 to §1(b) 806.03(d)
amendment of §66(a) basis not permitted 806.03(k); 806.03(l); 1505.02(f); 1904.01(a)
amendment, effect on filing date 806.03(h); 806.04(b)
amendment, verification of 806.02(e); 806.03(i)
bona fide intention to use mark in commerce 806.01(b) - 806.01(e); 806.02(e)
changing 806.03 - 806.03(l)
changing after publication 806.03(j) - 806.03(j)(iii)
claim of priority under §44(d) 806.01(c); 806.02(f); 806.03(b); 806.04(b); 1003
combining §1 and §44 806.02(a); 806.02(e) - 806.02(f); 806.03(d); 806.03(f); 806.04(b)
combining §1(a) and §1(b) 806.02(a) - 806.02(b); 806.03(c)
deletion of §1(b) basis 806.04 - 806.04(a)
deletion of, in general 806.04
extension of protection of international registration under §66(a) 806.01(e); 1904.01(a)
foreign registration under §44(e) 806.01(d); 806.02(e); 1004 - 1004.02
intent-to-use 806.01(b); 806.02(b); 806.03(c) - 806.03(e); 806.03(e); 806.03(g); 806.04(a)
multiple 806.02 - 806.02(g)
must be stated in written application 806
requirements for establishing 806.01 - 806.01(e)
review prior to publication or issue 806.05
specimen, deferral of examination in multiple-basis application 806.02(c)
use in commerce 806.01(a); 806.02(b); 806.03(c)
when basis can be changed 806.03(a)

Filing date label 303.02(b)

Filing date, application

cancelled if minimum requirements not met 204.01
change of 204.03; 205; 1711
denial of 204 - 204.03; 1711
effective 206 - 206.04
in extension of protection of international registration 1904.01(b)
minimum requirements for 202 - 202.03(a)(i)
of §66(a) application 1904.01(b)
priority 206.02; 806.01(c); 1003 - 1003.02; 1003.05
request for restoration of 1711
requirements for receiving 202 - 202.03(a)(i)
restoration of 1711
review for compliance with minimum requirements 203
review of denial of 1711
section 66(a) application 1904.01(b)
what constitutes 201

Filing date, for correspondence (in general) 205; 303.01

Filing fee, application 202.03; 810 - 810.02; 1403.01

in §66(a) application 202.03; 810 - 810.01; 1904.01(f)
varies depending on whether application filed on paper or through TEAS 202.03; 810; 1110.02; 1403.02(c)

Filing of correspondence with International Bureau 1906 - 1906.01(i)

Filing of correspondence with USPTO 305.01 - 305.04

by courier or delivery service 307
by "Priority Mail Express" 305.03
by fax (See Facsimile transmission, filing of correspondence by)
by hand delivery 307
by mail 305 - 305.04
by unauthorized individual 608.01; 611.05 - 611.05(c)
certificate of mailing procedure for (See Certificate of mailing procedure)
certificate of transmission procedure for (See Facsimile transmission, certificate of)
time between execution and 804.03; 1104.10(b)(ii); 1108.02(b); 1109.11(c)

Filing receipt 401.01

Final refusal

action after 715 - 715.04(b)
for failure to provide information requested by examining attorney 814
issuance of final refusal, after removal of application from suspension 1208.02(d)
issuance of subsequent final refusal, after removal of application from suspension 716.06
new issues requiring issuance of nonfinal action 714.05 - 714.05(c); 714.05(f); 715.03(b)
not permissible on first action 714.01
not permissible on suspension 714.02
pertaining to identification 714.05(a)(ii)
pertaining to proposed amendment of drawing 714.05(a); 807.17
premature 714.06
proper response to 715.01
request for reconsideration after 715.03 - 715.04(b); 1714.01(a)(ii); 1714.01(f)(ii)(A)
statement of grounds of 714.04
time for appeal runs from date of 715.03(c)
when appropriate 714.03; 714.05 - 714.05(f)
with respect to amendment to Supplemental Register 714.05(a)(i)
with respect to submission of consent agreement 714.05(d)
with respect to submission of substitute specimen 714.05(e) - 714.05(f)
with respect to §2(f) claim 714.05(a)(i); 1212.02(h)

"Firm" – in regards to applicant’s name 803.02(b)

Flag, refusal to register mark comprising 1204 - 1204.01(e); 1204.03

Flavor as mark 904.03(m); 1202.13

Foreign applicant

common terms designating entity of 803.03(i); Appendix D
signature on behalf of 611.06(e); 804.04 - 804.05

Foreign attorney (See Attorney, foreign)

"Foreign" commerce 901.03

Foreign equivalents, doctrine of 1207.01(b)(vi) - 1207.01(b)(vi)(C); 1209.03(g); 1210.10; 1211.01(a)(vii)

Foreign priority (See Priority under §44(d), application claiming)

Foreign registration, application based on ownership of 1005

assignment of home country application or registration 1006
based on registration issued by a "common office of several states" 1002.03
bona fide intention to use mark in commerce 806.01(d); 806.02(e); 806.02(g); 1004; 1008
certification or certified copy of foreign registration required 806.01(d); 1004.01
country of origin 1002.04
dividing 1110.10
drawing 807.03(f); 807.12(b); 1011 - 1011.04
establishing entitlement under a treaty 1002.01; 1002.03
from applicant’s country of origin 1002.04
identification of goods/services 1012; 1402.01(b)
international registration as basis for §44 application 1016
may not be filed before foreign registration has issued 1004
must be in force 1004.01(a)
one mark per registration 1011.02
ownership of foreign registration 1005
requirements for receiving a filing date 202 - 202.03(a)(i)
requirements for §44(e) basis 806.01(d); 1002.01; 1004
specimen not required 1009
standard character claim in 807.03(f); 1011.01
status of foreign registration 1004.01(a)
suspension pending receipt of copy of foreign registration not permitted except in extraordinary situation 1004.01
translation of 1004.01(b)
use not required 1009

Form paragraphs 705 - 705.01

Forms, trademark 103; 301; 802

Fragrance as mark 807.09; 1202.13

Franchisees, use of mark by 1201.03(e)

Fraud 720; 906.04

Freedom of Information Act requests 1803

for copies of letters of protest 1715.05

Functionality 1202.02(a) - 1202.02(a)(viii)

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General information booklet about trademarks 105

Generic terms 1209.01(c) - 1209.01(c)(iii); 1215.05

Geographic terms

"America" and "American" 1210.02(b)(iv)
arbitrary use of 1210.04(d)
arbitrary, fanciful, or suggestive composite 1210.02(c)(iii)
as certification marks 1210.09; 1306.05 - 1306.05(j)
combined with additional matter 1210.02(c) - 1210.02(c)(iii); 1210.06 - 1210.06(b); 1215.06
combined with domain name 1215.06
disclaimer of 1210.06(a) - 1210.06(b)
geographic locations 1210.02(a)
goods/place association 1210.04; 1210.04(a)
misleading indication of origin of wines/spirits 1210.08 - 1210.08(a)
more than one location with same name 1210.02(b)(ii)
non-geographic characteristics 1210.02(b)(iii)
obscure or remote 1210.04(c)
origin of goods or services 1210.03
other meanings 1210.02(b)(i) - 1210.02(b)(i)(A)
primary geographic significance 1210.02 - 1210.02(c)(iii)
registrability on Supplemental Register 1210.07(a)
registrability under §2(f) 1210.07(b)
registration of, under §2(f) 1210.07(b)
services/place association 1210.04; 1210.04(b)
two geographic terms combined 1210.02(c)(i)
used as certification mark to designate regional origin 1306.05 - 1306.05(j)
with surname significance 1210.02(b)(i)(A)

Geographical indications used on wine or spirits 1210.08 - 1210.08(c)

Geographical marks, deceptive (See also Geographically deceptively misdescriptive marks) 1203.02(a); 1203.02(c); 1203.02(e)(ii); 1203.02(g); 1210.01(b) - 1210.01(c); 1210.05 - 1210.05(e); 1210.10

arbitrary use of geographic terms 1210.04(d)
basis for refusal 1210.05(a)
case references 1210.05(e)
disclaimer 1210.06(b)
elements of 1210.05(b)
goods/place or services/place association 1210.04 - 1210.04(b)
materiality of deception 1210.05(c) - 1210.05(c)(ii)
neither applicant nor goods/services come from the place named 1210.05(d)(i)
obscure or remove geographic marks 1210.04(c)
procedures for issuing refusal 1210.05(d) - 1210.05(d)(ii)
registrability on Supplemental Register 1210.07(a)
registrability under §2(f) 1210.07(b)
test 1210.01(c)
unclear whether goods/services originate from the place named 1210.05(d)(ii)
used on wines and spirits 1210.08 - 1210.08(a)

Geographically deceptively misdescriptive marks (See also Geographical marks, deceptive) 1210.01(b); 1210.05(a) - 1210.05(e); 1210.06(b); 1210.10

basis for refusal 1210.05(a)
disclaimer of geographic matter 1210.06(b)
materiality of deception 1210.05(c) - 1210.05(c)(ii)
registrability on Supplemental Register 1210.07(a)
registrability under §2(f) 1210.07(b)
test 1210.01(b)

Geographically descriptive marks 1210 - 1210.01(a); 1210.02 - 1210.04(d); 1210.06 - 1210.06(a); 1210.07 - 1210.10

combined with additional matter 1210.06 - 1210.06(a)
disclaimer of geographic matter 1210.06(a)
registrability on Supplemental Register 1210.07(a)
registrability under §2(f) 1210.07(b)
test 1210.01(a)

Geometric shapes 1202.11

Gift baskets, identification and classification 1401.05(a); 1902.02(g)(iii)

Good cause, showing of, in request for second or subsequent extension of time to file statement of use 1108.02(f) - 1108.02(h)

Goods (See Classification of goods/services and Identification of goods/services)

Goods in trade 1202.06 - 1202.06(c)

Goods/place association 1210.04 - 1210.04(d)

Government agencies and instrumentalities 1203.03(a)(i) - 1203.03(a)(iii); 1203.03(c)(ii); 1205.01

Government insignia 1204; 1204.02; 1204.03

Governmental body as owner of mark 803.03(f)

Grade designations 1202.16 - 1202.16(c)(v)(B)

Gray tones in drawings 807.07(d) - 807.07(d)(iii)

Greek cross 1205.01; 1205.01(c) - 1205.01(c)(iv)

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Hague convention 804.01(a)(i)

Hand delivery of correspondence to USPTO 307

Hand delivery of documents relating to Madrid applications 1902.08(b); 1906.01(a)(i)

Hashtag marks 1202.18

Heading or caption for papers 302.03(a); 302.03(b)

Holiday (See Federal holiday, response period ending on)

Hologram 807.01; 1202.14; 1214.01

House mark 807.14(f); 1402.03(b); 1902.02(f)(i)

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Identification of goods/services 1402

accuracy of 1402.05
advertising services 1402.11(i)
ambiguous 1402.07(b)
amendment of portion 1402.13
amendment permitted to clarify or limit 1402.06 - 1402.06(b)
amusement apparatus 1401.11(b)
association services 1402.11(c)
award programs 1402.11(j)
bonus programs 1402.11(h)
broad terms in 1402.03; 1402.03(a)
certification mark 1306.02(c)
charitable services 1402.11(d)
clarification of 1402.06 - 1402.06(b)
classification 1401
collective membership mark application 1304.02(c)
components or ingredients 1402.05(a)
computer programs 1402.03(d)
computer services 1402.11(a)
consulting services 1402.11(e)
date of changes to USPTO ID manual 1401.13
deletion of items from 1104.10(b)(iii); 1107; 1108.02(d); 1109.13; 1402.06(a); 1604.09(b); 1609.03; 1613.09(b)
dietetic substances 1401.11(d)
distribution of video tapes, audio tapes, and videodiscs 1402.11(f)
electric/electrothermic goods 1401.11(a)
entitlement to filing date with respect to 202.02; 1402.02
final refusal pertaining to 714.05(a)(ii)
food additives 1401.05(e); 1401.11(c)
"full line of" 1402.03(c); 1902.02(f)(i)
game-playing apparatus 1401.11(b)
general guidelines 1402.01(a)
geographical indication terminology appearing in 1402.03(g)
gift baskets 1401.05(a); 1902.02(g)(iii)
house mark 1402.03(b); 1902.02(f)(i)
identical language in more than one class not permitted 1401.05(c)
in amendment to allege use 1104.10(b)(iii)
in international application 1902.02(f) - 1902.02(f)(ii)
in request for extension of time to file statement of use 1108.02(d)
in response to IB notice of irregularity 1902.07(c)(ii)
in statement of use 1109.13
in §44 application may not exceed scope of those in foreign registration 1012; 1402.01(b)
in §66(a) application 1402.01(c); 1904.02(c) - (c)(v)
inappropriate in collective membership mark application 1304.02(c)
inclusive terminology in 1402.03(a)
industry terms 1402.03(f)
information services 1402.11(b)
kits 1401.05(a); 1902.02(g)(iii)
limitation of list of goods/services in international registration 1904.02(e)(ii); 1904.03(g); 1904.15; 1906.01; 1906.01(e)
limiting by amendment 1402.06 - 1402.06(a)
location of 1402.01(d)
manual of acceptable identifications 1402.04
marketing services 1401.11(e); 1402.11(j)
marketing and advertising 1402.11(i)
meal replacements 1401.11(d)
medical vs. non-medical goods 1401.05(b)
moving goods/services between companion applications 1402.08
negative language in 1402.06(a)
online publications 1402.11(a)(x)
"ordinary-meaning" test for determining scope of 1402.07(a)
parenthesis and brackets should not be used in 707.02; 1402.12
printed publications 1402.03(e); 1402.11(a)(x)
recorded entertainment services 1402.11(g)
registered marks appearing in 1402.09
scope of, for amendment purposes 1402.07; 1402.07(d); 1402.07(e)
services 1402.11
specificity of terms in 1402.01; 1402.03; 1402.03(d); 1402.03(e)
systems 1401.05(d)
trademark protection system terminology appearing in 1402.03(g)
trademarks/service marks appearing in 1402.09
unacceptable amendments 1402.15
unambiguous 1402.07(c)

Immoral or scandalous matter 1203.01

Improper use of registration notice 906.02

Inadvertently issued registration 1109.15(a); 1503.04; 1609.10(a); 1904.14

Incomplete application materials 204 - 204.03

Incomplete response to Office action 611.05(a) - 611.05(c); 718.03 - 718.03(b); 1713.01 - 1713.02; 1714.01(f)(ii)(A)

Incontestability

affidavit of (§15) (See Affidavit of incontestability)
effect in examination 1216.02

Indexing against recorded document not permitted 503.07

Individual as applicant

citizenship of 803.04
doing business under assumed name 803.02; 803.02(a)
name of 803.02; 803.02(a)

Individual, living, name or likeness of (See Consent to register by living individual)

Individuals who may practice before Office in trademark matters 602 - 602.03(e)

Informal application materials 204 - 204.03

Informal communications with examining attorney 304.01; 709.04; 709.05

Information, examining attorney’s request for 814

Informational matter

as mark 1202.04; 1301.02(a)
in drawing, deletion of 807.12(b); 807.12(c); 807.13(b); 807.14(a)

Initial examination

must be complete 704.01

of intent-to-use applications 1102 - 1102.04

Inquiry

by examining attorney 814
from Congressional office 1802
from member of press 1804
from third party regarding ex parte matter 1806
general inquiries from public 1805
letter of, with respect to suspended application 716.05
regarding status of pending matters 108 - 108.03; 1705.05

Insignia, refusal to register mark comprising 1204

Inspection of Office records 109 - 109.03; 503.08

Institutions, defined for purposes of §2(a) 1203.03(a)(ii)

"Insurance" extension of time to file statement of use 1108.03 - 1108.03(a); 1109.16(c) - 1109.06(d)

Intent-to-use applications (See also Amendment to allege use, Notice of allowance, Request for extension of time to file statement of use, and Statement of use)

allegation of use required prior to registration 1103
assignment of 501.01(a)
averments 804.02; 806.01(b); 1101
distinctiveness under §2(f) 1212.09
initial examination of:
- color marks 1202.05(h)
- configuration 1202.02(d)
- drawings 807.12(a); 1102.02; 1104.10(b)(vi); 1109.12
- for use as mark 704.01; 1102 - 1102.01
- identification of goods/services 1104.10(b)(iii); 1108.02(d); 1109.13
- ornamentation 1202.03(e)
- product design or packaging 1202.02(d)
- publication of 1105
- Supplemental Register 1102.03
- trade dress 1202.02(d)
- under §§1, 2(a), 2(b), 2(c), 2(d), 2(e) 1102.01

Inter-American Convention 1001; Appendix B

Interference, petition to declare 1208.03 - 1208.03(c); 1507

"Internal inconsistencies," amendment of drawing to cure not permitted 807.14(d)

International Alphabetical List 1401.02(c)

International applications for registration 1902 - 1902.07(f)

certification by USPTO 1902.03
classification in 1902.02(g) - 1902.02(g)(iii)
color claim 1902.02(e)
description of mark 1902.02(k)
drawing 1902.02(d)
examination by IB 1902.06
fee for 1902.02(i)
form for filing 1902.02(a)
identification of goods and services 1902.02(f) - 1902.02(f)(ii)
irregularities in 1902.07 - 1902.07(f)
requirements for complete international application 1902.05
requirements for date of receipt in USPTO 1902.02

International Bureau 1900 (introductory text)

International fees 1903.02

International registrations 1901

application for 1902 - 1902.07(f)
as basis for §44 application 1016
cancellation of, by International Bureau 1904.08; 1906.01(e)
central attack 1902.09
changes to 1906.01 - 1906.01(i)
correction of 1904.03(f); 1904.14; 1906.01(f)
date of 1902.04
dividing 1906.01(a)(iv)
in general 1901
invalidation 1904.07
limitation in list of goods/services 1904.03(g); 1904.15; 1906.01(e)
renewal of 1905
restriction of holder’s rights of disposal 1906.01(b)
who can file 1902.01

International trademark agreements 1001; Appendix B

Internet domain names, marks comprising 1209.03(m); 1215 - 1215.10

Internet evidence 710.01(b)

Interruption of U.S. Postal Service 303; 305.04

Interview with applicant or attorney 709 - 709.06

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Joint applicants

addresses of 803.05
application by 803.03(d)
application for international registration 1902.01; 1902.02(j)
citizenship 803.04
examiner's amendments 707.01
licensing of mark by 1201.03(e)
signature by 302; 605.01; 606; 609.02(b); 610; 611.02; 611.03(b); 611.03(c); 611.03(h); 611.03(i); 611.06(a); 712.01; 804.04

Joint venture

name of 803.02(b)
setting forth names and citizenship of joint venturers 803.03(b); 803.04
signature by 611.06(c); 804.04
state or country of organization 803.03(b)

Jurisdiction over application 1504 - 1504.04(a); 1715.03(c); 1904.02(l)

Jurisdiction, request for 1504.04(a)

Juristic person 803.01; 1203.03(a)(i)

as assignee 501.05
as domestic representative 610
as related company 1201.03
for purposes of §2(a) 1203.03(a)(i)

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Kits, identification and classification 1401.05(a); 1402.01(a); 1902.02(g)(iii)

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Lanham Act (See Trademark Act of 1946)

Laudatory terms in marks 1209.03(k); 1209.03(s)

as informational matter 1202.04

in likelihood-of confusion-analysis 1207.01(b)(vi)(C)

phrases or slogans 1213.05(b)(iv)

Legal advice, Office cannot render 104; 108.02; 709.06; 1801; 1805; 1902.02(g)

Legal entity of applicant set forth in application 803.03 - 803.03(k); 1303.01; 1304.02; 1306.02

association 803.03(c)
banking institution 803.03(g)
changes of 1604.07(d); 1613.07(c)
conservatorship 803.03(e)
corporation 803.03(c)
estate 803.03(e)
foreign designations 803.03(i); Appendix D
governmental body 803.03(f)
Indian tribe 803.03(j)
individual 803.03(a)
joint venture 803.03(b)
limited liability company 803.03(h)
limited liability partnership 803.03(k)
operating division 1201.02(d)
partnership 803.03(b)
sole proprietorship 803.03(a)
TEAS Plus filing requirements 819.01(c)
trusts 803.03(e); 803.03(e)(i)
university 803.03(f)

Letter of protest in pending application (See Protest, Letter of)

Letterhead stationery as specimen of service mark use 1301.04(h)(i)

License agreements, recording of 503.02; 1906.01(h)

Licensees, use of mark by 1201.03(e)

Likelihood of confusion

actual confusion unnecessary 1207.01(d)(ii)
between collective and other marks 1303.02(b)
classification not relevant 1207.01(d)(v)
collateral attack on registration improper in ex parte 1207.01(d)(iv)
color marks 1207.01(b)(xi)
composite marks consisting of words and designs 1207.01(c)(ii)
compound word marks 1207.01(b)(viii)
conflicting marks owned by different parties 1207.01(d)(x)
consent between parties 1207.01(d)(viii)
descriptive marks 1207.01(b)(ix)
design marks 1207.01(c) - 1207.01(c)(iii)
doubt resolved in registrant’s favor 1207.01(d)(i)
expansion of trade doctrine 1207.01(a)(v)
family of marks 1207.01(d)(xi)
famous mark 1207.01(d)(ix)
food/beverage products versus restaurant services 1207.01(a)(ii)(A)
foreign equivalents 1207.01(b)(vi) - 1207.01(b)(vi)(C)
legal equivalents 1207.01(c)(i)
meaning, similarity in 1207.01(b)(v)
no per se rule 1207.01(a)(iv)
parody marks 1207.01(b)(x)
past decisions of examining attorneys 1207.01(d)(vi); 1216 - 1216.02
pharmaceuticals or medicinal products 1207.01(d)(xii)
related companies and 1201.07 - 1201.07(b)(iv)
relatedness of goods and/or services 1207.01(a) - 1207.01(a)(vi)
reliance on identification of goods/services in application/registration 1207.01(a)(iii)
similarity of marks 1207.01(b) - 1207.01(b)(xi)
sophisticated purchasers 1207.01(d)(vii)
sound, similarity in 1207.01(b)(iv)
third-party registrations 1207.01(d)(iii)
transposition of terms 1207.01(b)(vii)
unity of control 1201.07 - 1201.07(b)(iv)
weak marks 1207.01(b)(ix)

Limited liability company 803.03(h)

signature by 611.06(g)

Limited liability corporation 803.03(h)

Limited liability partnership 803.03(k)

signature by 611.06(h)

Lining statement 808.01(b)

Living individual, name or likeness of (See Consent to register by living individual)

Lost documents 305.02(f); 305.03; 1711; 1712.01; 1712.02(a)

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Madrid Protocol (See also Extension of protection of international registration to the United States, Registered extension of protection, and §66(a) application) 1900

"Mail Room Date" label 303.02(b)

Mail sent to USPTO related to trademarks 302.03

Maintenance of registration 1602 - 1602.04

Manner of use of mark (See Method-of-use)

Mark drawing code 807.18

Material alteration 807.03(d); 807.14 - 807.14(f); 1604.13; 1609.02(a)

of color marks 1202.05(d)(iii)
of marks containing functional matter 1202.02(c)(i)(A)
of marks containing §2(b) matter 1204.04(b)
of marks containing TLDs 1215.08 - 1215.08(c)
of marks containing unregistrable symbols or designations 1205.01(a)(v); 1205.01(c)(iv)
of repeating-pattern marks 1202.19(c)

Material difference between mark on drawing and mark in foreign registration 807.12(b); 1011.01

Meaning of term in mark, inquiry as to 809.01(a); 814

Membership mark (See Collective membership mark)

Mere descriptiveness (See Descriptiveness, mere)

Merger, documents of 503.02

Method-of-use 905; 1109.09

Minor as applicant 803.01

Minor’s name or likeness appears in mark 1206.04(a)

"Misspelled" words 1209.03(j); 1213.08(c)

Mistake in applicant’s name, correction of 1201.02(c)

Mistake in owner’s/holder’s name, correction of 1104.10(b)(i); 1108.02(a); 1109.10; 1604.07(f); 1613.07(e)

Mistake in registration, correction of 1609.10 - 1609.10(b)

Model or grade designation 1202.16 - 1202.16(c)(v)(B);

More than one mark 202.01; 807.01; 1202.19(g) - 1202.19(g)(ii); 1214.01

Motion marks 807.11; 904.03(l)

Moving goods/services between companion applications 1402.08

Multiple copies of papers should not be filed 302.02

Multiple drawings 202.01; 807.01

Multiple filing bases 806.02 - 806.02(g)

Multiple-class application (See Combined application)

Musical performer/group names 1202.09; 1202.09(a); 1301.02(b)

"Mutilation" of mark 807.12(d)

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NAFTA (See North American Free Trade Agreement)

Name of applicant, correcting mistake in 1201.02(c)

Name of holder/owner, correcting mistake in 1104.10(b)(i); 1108.02(a); 1109.10; 1604.07(f); 1613.07(e)

Name, portrait or signature as mark (See also Consent to register by living individual) 1206 - 1206.05

Names of artists and authors as marks 1202.09 - 1202.09(b); 1206.01; 1301.02(b)

Names of characters as a mark 1202.10 - 1202.10(a); 1301.02(b)

National Archives and Records Administration 503.08

National symbols 1203.03; 1203.03(a)(iii); 1203.03(b) - 1203.03(c)(i); 1203.03(c)(i)

Negative identification language 1402.06(a)

New certificate of registration, issuance to assignee 502.03

Nice Agreement 1401.02(a); 1401.09 - 1401.12

Non-attorney may not represent parties in the USPTO 602.02; 608.01; 611.04; 707.01; 708.02

Non-English wording in mark, translation of 809 - 809.02

Non-Latin characters in mark, transliteration of 809 - 809.02

Non-lawyers 602.02; 608.01; 611.04; 707.01; 708.02

Non-profit corporation 803.03(c)

Non-receipt of examining attorney’s Office action 717.02

Non-receipt of notice of allowance 1714.01(c)

Non-registration 1205.02

Non-responsive communications 719

Nonuse of registered mark 1604.11

Non-visual marks 807.09; 1202.13; 1202.15

specimens for 904.03(f); 904.03(m)

North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) 1210; 1210.01(b); 1210.05(a); 1210.07(a); 1210.07(b); 1211; 1212; 1212.02(a)

Note to the File 709.04; 709.05

Notice of abandonment 718.04; 718.06

Notice of allowance 1106 - 1106.04

action after issuance of (but before filing of Statement of use) 806.03(j)(ii); 1106.02; 1107
cancellation of 1106.03
correction of errors in 1106.04
information printed on 1106.01
issuance of 1106.01
non-receipt of 1714.01(c)

"Notice of incomplete trademark application" 204.01

Notice of irregularity of international application for registration, issued by the International Bureau 1902.07 - 1902.07(f)

Notice of publication 704.01

Notice, registration (See Registration notice)

Number of specimens 904.01

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Office action (See also Action by examining attorney, Provisional refusal of 66(a) applications, and Response to Office action)

non-receipt of 717.02
preparation of 705 - 705.08
reissuing or remailing of 717
response period 310; 711 - 711.02
returned as undeliverable 403; 717.01
supplemental Office action 711.02

Office personnel

not to express opinion on validity of registered mark 1801
not to give legal advice 108.02
not to testify 1801.01

Official Gazette (See also Trademark Official Gazette) 106; 1502; 1502.01

"Olympic" and other designations protected under Amateur Sports Act of 1978 1205.01; 1205.01(b) - 1205.01(b)(viii)

One mark, application limited to 202.01; 807.01; 1214.01

Operating divisions 803.01

Opinion on validity of registered mark, Office personnel not to express 1801

Opposition 1503 - 1503.05

extension of time to file 1503.04
to §66(a) application 1503.05

Order of examination 702.01

Order of work 702 - 702.02

Ordering abandoned application files 109.02

Original document, filing of 302.01

Ornamentation 1202.03 - 1202.03(g)

Other statutes protecting specific names, terms, initials, acronyms, and marks Appendix C

Owner of mark is proper party to apply 803.01; 1201

Ownership of mark (See also Applicant, Assignment and Related Company) 1201 - 1201.07(b)(iv)

automatic updating 504 - 504.04
change in, after application filed 501 - 501.07; 1201.02(e)
establishing 502 - 502.03
inquiry by examining attorney with respect to 1201.04
recording change 503 - 503.08
refusal on basis of 1201.02(b)
related-company use 1201.01; 1201.03 - 1201.03(e)
requesting update of ownership information 505 - 505.02
§1 application 1201
§44 application 1201
§66(a) application 501.07; 502.02(b)

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Papers not returnable 404

Paralegal may not represent parties in the USPTO 602; 608.01; 611.02; 707.01; 708.02; 712

Paris Convention 1001; 1002.03; 1205.01; Appendix B

article 6 ^ter 1205.02

Partial abandonment 718.02(a); 1402.13; 1403.05; 1904.03(d)

Partial assignment 501.06; 1110.11; 1615

Partners, setting forth names and citizenship of 803.03(b)

in TEAS Plus application 819.01(c)

Partnership

address of 803.05
foreign 803.03(b); 803.04
name of 803.02(b); 803.03(b)
signature by 611.06(b); 804.04
state or country of organization 803.03(b); 803.04

Patent and Trademark Resource Centers 112

Patents, design and utility 1202.02(a)(v)(A)

Payment of fees relating to international applications and registrations under the Madrid Protocol 1903

international fees 1903.02
USPTO fees 1903.01

Payment refused or charged back by financial institution 202.03(a) - 202.03(a)(i); 405.06

Performing artist, name of, as mark 1202.09 - 1202.09(a)(iii); 1301.02(b)

Period for response

computation of 310
ending on Saturday, Sunday or federal holiday 308
reset in examining attorney’s letter correcting error 711.02
statutory 711
time may run from date of previous action 711.01

Person, defined for purposes of §2(a) 1203.03(a)(i)

Petition decisions available to public 110

Petition to cancel 1607

in response to §2(d) refusal 716.02(a)

Petition to Director 1702; 1703; 1704; 1705 - 1705.09; 1706; 1707; 1708

after refusal of renewal 1606.14 - 1606.14(c)
after refusal of §8 affidavit 1604.18 - 1604.18(c)
appeal to federal court from 1705.09
delegation of 1709
diligence 1705.05
evidence and proof of facts 1705.03
fee for 1705.02
petitionable matter 1704
procedure for 1705 - 1705.09
request for reconsideration of denial of 1705.08
signature of 1705.07
standard of review on 1706
standing 1705.01
stay of deadlines pending disposition of 1705.06
supervisory authority 1707
timeliness 1705.04
to amend basis after publication 806.03(j) - 806.03(j)(iii)
to make special (See Petition to make "special")
to reinstate abandoned applications 1712.01
to reinstate cancelled registrations 1712.02(a)
to reverse examining attorney’s holding of abandonment for incomplete response 1713.01
to review denial of certification of international application 1902.03(a)
to review denial of filing date 1711
to revive (See Petition to revive abandoned application)
to waive rules 1708
types of 1703

Petition to make "special" 702.02; 1710

basis for granting or denying 1710.01
fee for 1710
handling of 1710.02
must state facts justifying special action 1710.
submission of 1710

Petition to revive abandoned application (See also Unintentional delay)

basis for granting 1714; 1714.01(e)
diligence with respect to 1705.05; 1714.01(d)
fee for 1714 - 1714.01(b)
request for reconsideration of denial of 1714.01(g)
requirements for filing 1714.01 - 1714.01(e)
time for filing of 1714.01(d)
unintentional delay, applicability of 1714.01(f) - 1714.01(f)(ii)(A)
unintentional delay, statement of 1714.01(e)

Petitionable subject matter 1704

"Phantom" elements in marks 1214 - 1214.04

Pharmaceuticals or medicinal products 1207.01(d)(xii); 1301.01(b)(vi)

Photocopies of documents, when acceptable for filing 302.01

Piecemeal action to be avoided 704.01

Portrait as mark (See Consent to register by living individual)

Postal Service, U.S., interruptions of 305.04

Postcard, acknowledgment 303.02(c) - 303.02(c)(i)

Power of attorney 605.01 - 605.04; 606

associate 605.03
change of 604.03
filed after registration 605.04; 1612
relating to multiple applications or registrations 605.02
revocation 606

Practice before Office in trademark matters 602 - 602.03(e)

Predecessor in title, first use of mark by 903.05

Preparation of case for publication or registration 817

President of United States, deceased 1206 - 1206.01; 1206.04(a)

Press inquiries 1804

Press releases 904.04(b); 904.04(c); 1301.04(a)

Previous examining attorney, examination approach of 713.01

Principal Register

advantages of registration on 801.02(a)
applications for registration on 801.02(a)
registration on Supplemental Register may not be amended to 1609.09

Printing of information in Official Gazette and on registration certificate 817

Prior registrations of applicant

effect of 1216 - 1216.02
identification of, in application 812
"incontestability" 1216.02
not controlling 1216.01
printing of claim of 812; 817
proving ownership of 812.01
refusal under §2(d) with respect to 812.01

Prior trademark acts (See also Act of 1881, Act of 1905, and Act of 1920)

registrations issued under 1601.04; 1601.05; 1602.02; 1602.03
repeal of 1601.02
reregistration of marks registered under 1601.03

Priority action

combined with examiner’s amendment 708.05
defined 708.01
discussion of issues and agreements 708.02
elements of 708.01
evidence 708.01; 708.03; 708.04
form of 708.03
paralegal cannot authorize 608.01; 708.02
when appropriate 708.01; 708.02; 708.04

Priority claim in application for international registration 1902.05

Priority claim in request for protection of international registration to the United States 206.02; 1904.01(e)

Priority claim in §44(d) application

abandonment of foreign application 1003.08
amendment of basis, priority filing date retained 806.03(h); 806.04(b)
assignment of §44(d) application 1006
basis for registration required 1003.03
bona fide intention to use mark in commerce must be asserted 806.01(c); 806.02(e); 1003; 1008
combined with other bases 806.02(f); 1003.04(b)
country of origin 1002.04
dividing 1110.10
drawing 1011 - 1011.04
effect of failing to file within six months 1003.02
effective filing date of 206.02; 1003.05
eligible applicants 1002.02
establishing entitlement under a treaty 1002.02; 1002.03; 1002.04
filing under both §44(d) and §44(e) 1003.06
"first-filed" requirement 1003.01
identification of goods/services 1012; 1402.01(b)
in multiple-basis applications 1003.04(b)
inquiry as to status of foreign application 1003.04(c)
more than one foreign application 1003.07
must be filed within six months of foreign filing 806.03(b); 1003.02
not limited to country of origin 1002.04
one mark per application 1011.02
ownership of foreign application 1005
priority for publication of 201.01; 1003.05
requirements for receiving a filing date 202
requirements for §44(d) filing basis 806.01(c)
retention of priority filing date without perfecting §44(e) basis 806.03(h); 806.04(b)
suspension pending receipt of foreign registration 716.02(b); 1003.04(a)
U.S. applicant 1002.05
use not required 1009
valid basis for registration required 1003.03

Priority for publication or issue based on effective filing date 201.01; 1003.05; 1208.01

"Priority Mail Express," filing of correspondence by 305.03

Priority, constructive use 201.02

Process, system or method 1301.02(e)

Product design 1202.02(b)(i); 1202.02(f)(i)

Product packaging 1202.02(b)(ii); 1202.02(f)(ii)

Protest, Letter of 1715 - 1715.06

adversarial arguments inappropriate 1715.01
appropriate subjects to be raised 1715.01 - 1715.01(b)
approval of application for publication after acceptance of 1715.02(b)
does not extend opposition period 1715.03(b)
filed after publication 1715.03(a) - 1715.03(e)
filed after registration 1715.03(b)
filed before publication 1715.02(a) - 1715.02(b)
petition to review denial of 1715.06
post-publication standard of review 1715.03(a)
pre-publication standard of review 1715.02(a)
recourse after denial of 1715.06
requests for copies of 1715.05
timely filing of 1715.03(b)

Provisional refusal of 66(a) applications 1904.02(h); 1904.03

PTRC (See Patent and Trademark Resource Centers)

Public Records Division of USPTO (See Document Services Branch)

Publication for opposition

amendments after 806.03(j) - 806.03(j)(iii); 1505 - 1505.02(g)
notice of 704.01
of mark in intent-to-use application 1105

Publications, marks for

columns or sections, marks that identify 1202.07 - 1202.07(b)
identification of goods 1402.03(e)
specimens for 904.02(c)(iii)

Punctuation,

addition or deletion of 807.14(c)
agreement of drawing and specimen 807.12(a)(i) - 807.12(a)(iii); 807.14(c)
in determining whether a phrase or slogan is unitary 1213.05(b)(ii)(C)
in mere descriptiveness analysis 1209.03(u)
list of standard characters 807.03(b)

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Reasonable time between signing and filing papers 804.03; 1104.10(b)(ii); 1108.02(b); 1109.11(c)

Receipt date 303.01; 303.02(b)

Receipt, filing 401.01

Receipt of documents by Office 303 - 303.02(c)

Receipt, postcard 303.02(c)

Reciprocal registration rights 1002.03; Appendix B

Recognition as a Representative 604 - 604.02

Reconsideration after final action 715.03 - 715.04(b); 1501.02(a)

Reconsideration of Board decision, request for, by examining attorney 1501.07

Reconsideration of decision on petition 1705.08

Recordation date 503.05

Recorded documents (See also Assignment, recordation of)

automatic update of trademark database after recordation 504 - 504.04
correction of errors in 503.06 - 503.06(f)
effect of 503.01 - 503.01(e)
electronic submission of requests to record documents 503.04
indexing against, not permitted 503.07
notifying Trademark Operation of 505
original documents should not be submitted 503.03(b)
request to update ownership after recordation 505.01; 505.02
requests for copies of 503.08
requirements 503.03 - 503.03(e)
searching 104; 503.08

Red Crescent 1205.01; 1205.01(a) - 1205.01(a)(vi)

Red Cross 1205.01; 1205.01(c) - 1205.01(c)(iv)

Red Crystal 1205.01; 1205.01(a) - 1205.01(a)(vi)

Refund of fees 405.04; 810.02

for informal application 204.01

Refusal of registration

absence of lawful use 907
amendment to Supplemental Register after 714.05(a)(i); 816.04; 1209.02(a)(i); 1202.19(e)(iii)
as to fewer than all classes in combined application 718.02(a); 1403.05
characters in creative works 1202.10 - 1202.10(a)
coat of arms 1204 - 1204.05
compliance with other statutes 907
based on inadequate response to request for additional information 814
deceptive matter 1203.02 - 1203.02(g); 1210.05(a) - 1210.05(e); 1210.06(b)
descriptiveness 1209.01(b); 1209.02 - 1209.02(b)
disparagement 1203.03(b) - 1203.03(b)(ii)
duplicate registrations 703
failure to function as a mark 1202
false suggestion of a connection 1203.03(c) - 1203.03(c)(iii)
flag, coat of arms or insignia 1204 - 1204.05
functionality 1202.02(a) - 1202.02(a)(viii)
generic matter 1209.01(c) - 1209.01(c)(iii)
geographic descriptiveness 1210 - 1210.01(a); 1210.02 - 1210.04(d); 1210.06 - 1210.06(a); 1210.07 - 1210.10
geographic misdescriptiveness 1210.01(b); 1210.05(a) - 1210.05(e); 1210.06(b)
goods in trade 1202.06 - 1202.06(c)
grade designations 1202.16 - 1202.16(c)(v)(B)
immoral or scandalous matter 1203.01
in §66(a) application 711.02; 714.05(b); 1904.03(a) - 1904.03(e)
incapable matter 705.01; 815.04; 1202.03; 1202.04; 1202.17(e)(i); 1202.19(e)(ii)
informational matter 1202.04
language in examining attorney's letter 705.01
likelihood of confusion (See also Likelihood of confusion) 1207 - 1207.03
matter protected by statute or convention 1205 - 1205.02
model designations 1202.16 - 1202.16(c)(v)(A)
name of artist or author 1202.09 - 1202.09(b)
name, portrait or signature of living individual or deceased United States president without consent (See also Consent to register by living individual) 1206 - 1206.05
nondistinctive configuration 1202.02(b) - 1202.02(b)(ii)
of request for extension of protection of international registration 711.02; 714.05(b); 1904.03(a) - 1904.03(e)
ornamentation 1202.03 - 1202.03(g)
ownership (See Ownership of mark)
repeating-pattern marks 1202.19 - 1202.19(k)
res judicata 1217
specimen unacceptable 904.07 - 904.07(b)(i)
surname, primarily merely a 1211 - 1211.02(b)(vii)
title of a single creative work 1202.08 - 1202.08(f)
trade name 1202.01
universal symbols 1202.17 - 1202.17(e)(vi)
use as a service mark 1301.02 - 1301.02(f); 1301.04(g)(i) - 1301.04(g)(ii); 1301.04(j)
use as a trademark 1202 - 1202.19
varietal names 1202.12

Refusal, final (See Final refusal)

Register (See Principal Register and Supplemental Register)

Register indicated on certificate of registration 1601.07

Registered extension of protection of international registration to the United States (See also Extension of protection of international registration to the United States and Section 66(a))

affidavit of continued use or excusable nonuse 1613 - 1613.21(d); 1904.07(b); 1904.10
affidavit of incontestability 1605. - 1605.06 ; 1904.11
amendment of identification of goods/services 1402.01(c); 1609.01(a); 1609.03; 1904.02(c) - (c)(iv); 1906.01(i)
amendment of mark not permitted 807.13(b); 1609.02; 1904.02(j); 1906.01(i)
assignability of 501.01(b)
assignee, issuance of registration certificate in name of 502.02(b); 502.03
assignment of 501.01(b); 501.07; 502.01; 502.02(b); 502.03; 503.03(a); 503.05; 1904.06
- basis 806.01(e); 806.03(k); 1505.02(f); 1904.01(a)
can be amended under §7 only in limited circumstances 1609.01(a)
cancellation of, by IB 1904.08
certificate of registration 1904.05
certificate of registration, issuance in name of new owner 502.02(b); 502.03
claim of acquired distinctiveness 1212.08
classification of goods and services 1304.02(d); 1306.02(d); 1401.03(d); 1402.01(c); 1403.02; 1403.02(b) - 1403.02(c); 1505.02(b); 1609.04; 1904.02(b); 1904.02(c) - 1904.02(c)(v)
concurrent use registration not permitted 1207.04(b)
constructive use 1904.01(g)
correction of errors 1904.02(e)(i); 1904.03(f); 1904.13; 1904.13(b); 1904.14; 1906.01(f)
dividing 1110.11; 1403.03; 1615.02
establishing right to take action 502.01
filing receipt 401.01
identification of goods and services 1304.02(c); 1306.02(c); 1402.01(c); 1609.01(a); 1609.03; 1904.02(c) - 1904.02(c)(v); 1906.01(i)
incontestability, affidavit of 1605.01; 1904.11
invalidation 1904.07 - 1904.07(d)
issuance of registration certificate in name of new owner 502.02(b); 502.03
jurisdiction 1504.04; 1904.02(l)
limitation in list of goods/services 1904.02(e)(ii); 1904.03(a); 1904.15; 1906.01(e)
mark cannot be amended 807.13(b); 1609.01(a); 1609.02; 1904.02(j); 1904.02(k); 1904.14; 1906.01(i)
ownership, change of 501.01(b); 501.07; 502.01; 502.02(b); 502.03; 503.03(a); 503.05; 504.04; 1904.06; 1906.01(a) - 1906.01(a)(iii)
ownership, in general 501 - 501.07; 502 - 502.03; 1201 - 1201.07; 1904.06; 1906.01(a) - 1906.01(a)(iii)
priority claim 206.02; 806.01(e); 1904.01(e); 1904.09(b)
recording change of ownership 503.02 - 503.03(a); 503.04 - 503.05; 1904.06; 1906.01(a) - 1906.01(a)(iii)
refusal 711.02; 714.05; 714.05(b); 1904.03 - 1904.03(g); 1904.04
remains part of international registration 1904.05
remand 1504.02; 1504.04; 1504.05
renewal 1602.01; 1606.01(b); 1614; 1905
replacement 1616; 1904.12
signature 804.04; 804.05; 1303.01(a)(v); 1303.01(b)(ii); 1304.02(a)(v); 1304.02(b)(ii); 1306.02(a)(v); 1306.02(b)(ii); 1904.01(c); 1904.02(d)
Supplemental Register, not registrable on 801.02(b); 815; 816.01; 816.04; 1904.02(f)
transformation 1904.09 - 1904.09(b)
use not required 901; 1904.01(d)
verification 804.04; 804.05; 1303.01(a)(v); 1303.01(b)(ii); 1304.02(a)(v); 1304.02(b)(ii); 1306.02(a)(v); 1306.02(b)(ii); 1904.01(c); 1904.02(d)

Registration as correct type of mark 1306.06(c)

Registration certificate (See Certificate of registration)

Registration notice

improper use of 906.02
provided for in 15 U.S.C. §1111 906
symbolizing foreign registration 906.01

Registration, amendment of mark in 1609.02 - 1609.02(g)

Registration, division of 1615 - 1615.02

Registration, reinstatement of registration cancelled or expired due to Office error 1712.02(a)

Reinstatement of inadvertently abandoned application due to Office error 1712.01

Reinstatement of registrations cancelled or expired due to Office error 1712.02(a)

Reissuing of Office action 717 - 717.02

Related applications (See also Companion applications and Conflicting applications) 702.03 - 702.03(b)

Related company

common stockholders, directors, officers 1201.03(c)
control with respect to use by 1201.03
definition of 1201.03
distributor 1201.06(a)
first use of mark by 903.05
importer 1201.06(a)
licensees and franchisees 1201.03(e)
reference to, in §1(b) applicant 1201.03(a)
sister corporations 1201.03(d)
use by 903.05; 1201.03 - 1201.03(e)
use solely by 1201.03(a)
wholly owned 1201.03(b)
with respect to likelihood of confusion 1201.07 - 1201.07(b)(iv)

Remand to examining attorney from Trademark Trial and Appeal Board 1501; 1504.05

Renewal (See also Renewal, application for)

of international registrations 1602.01; 1606.01(b); 1614; 1905
of registered extension of protection 1602.01; 1606.01(b); 1614; 1905
of registrations issued under Act of 1920 1602.03; 1606 - 1606.15
of registrations issued under Act of 1946 1602.01; 1606 - 1606.15
of registrations issued under Acts of 1881 and 1905 1602.02; 1606 - 1606.15

Renewal, application for 1606 - 1606.15

appeal to federal court 1606.14(d)
by owner of international registration 1602.01; 1606.01(b); 1614; 1905
by registrant not domiciled in United States 1606.10
combined with §8 affidavit 1606.15
deficiencies, correction of 1606.05(b); 1606.13 - 1606.13(c)
domestic representative, designation of 1606.10
execution of 1606.07
fee for filing 1606.05 - 1606.05(c)
form for filing 1606.04
goods/services/classes set forth in 1606.08 - 1606.08(d)
grace period 1606.03; 1606.05(b)
Office action upon examination of 1606.11
ownership and who may file 1606.06
petition to Director 1606.14 - 1606.14(c)
premature filing of 1606.03(a)
recourse after refusal 1606.14 - 1606.14(c)
requirements for 1606.04
response to Office action 1606.12
signature of 1606.07
specimen not required 1606.09
term of 1602 - 1602.03
time for filing 1606.03 - 1606.03(a)
untimely filing cannot be cured 1606.13(c); 1712.02(a)
use, declaration of use not required 1606.09
who may file 1606.06

Repeal of prior trademark acts 1601.02

Repeating-pattern marks 1202.19 - 1202.19(k)

drawing requirements for 1202.19(a) - 1202.19(a)(iv)
failure to function 1202.19(e) - 1202.19(f)(ii)
functional 1202.19(i)
mark descriptions for 1202.19(b)
material alteration of 1202.19(c) - 1202.19(c)(v)
random patterns 1202.19(j)
refusals 1202.19(e) - 1202.19(h)
specimens for 1202.19(d)
swatch-type drawings for 1202.19(a)(iii)

Replacement 1616; 1904.12

Reply brief in ex parte appeal 1501.02(c)

Representation by attorney or other authorized individual 602 - 602.03(e)

Reproduction of mark (See Drawings)

Republication 1505.03 - 1505.03(b)

Request for extension of protection of international registration to the United States (See Extension of protection of international registration to the United States, Registered extension of protection of international registration to the United States, and Section 66(a))

Request for extension of time to file statement of use 1108 - 1108.05

bona fide intention to use the mark in commerce 1101; 1108.02(e)
fee for filing 1108.02(c)
filing in conjunction with or after statement of use 1108.03 - 1108.03(a)
form for filing 1108
good cause for 1108.02(f)
hand delivery of 1108
identification of goods/services in 1108.02(d)
"insurance" extension request 1108.03 - 1108.03(a)
minimum filing requirements 1108.04
ownership 1108.02(a)
recourse after denial 1108.04; 1108.05
requirements for 1108.02 - 1108.02(h)
time for filing 1108.01
verification 1108.02(b)

Request for extension of time to oppose 1503.04

Request for information from applicant 814

Request to divide 1110 - 1110.12

division of application 1110 - 1110.11(a)
division of application subject to Board proceeding 1110.09
division of application under §44 1110.10
division of application under §66(a) 1110.11 - 1110.11(a)
division of multiple class application 1110.08; 1403.03
division of registration 1615 - 1615.02
fee for 1110.02
form and processing of 1110.04
outstanding deadlines apply to applications created by 1110.05
signature of 1110.06
time for filing 1110.03
when response to Office action is due 1110.05; 1110.08
when statement of use is due 1110.07

Requirements for receiving filing date for application 202 - 202.03(a)

Reregistration of marks registered under prior acts 1601.03

Res judicata 1217

Resignation of examining attorney 702.01

Response to IB notice of irregularity of international application for registration 1902.07 - 1902.07(f)

Response to Office action

deadline for 310; 711 - 711.02
incomplete 611.05 - 611.05(c); 718.03 - 718.03(b); 1713.01 - 1713.02; 1714.01(f)(ii) - 1714.01(f)(ii)(A)
must be signed 712 - 712.03
persons who can sign 611.03(b); 611.06 - 611.06(h); 712.01
signed by unauthorized party 608.01; 611.05 - 611.05(c); 712.03
unsigned 712.02

Restoration of filing date 1711

Restriction of holder’s right to dispose of international registration 1906.01(b)

Return of application materials not entitled to a filing date 204.01

Returned correspondence 403; 717.01

Revival (See Petition to revive abandoned application)

Revived or reinstated application, examination of 718.07; 1208.01(d)

Revocation of power of attorney 606

S

A • B • C • D • E • F • G • H • I • J • L • M • N • O • P • R • S • T • U • V • W

Scandalous matter (See Immoral or scandalous matter)

Scent as mark 807.09; 904.03(m); 1202.13

Scope of identification of goods and services for purposes of amendment 1402.07 - 1402.07(e)

"Search clause" 704.02

Search facility for public trademark 104

Search of trademark applications and registrations 104

Search room, trademark assignment 503.08

Search, by examining attorney 206.04; 704.02; 718.07; 1904.09(b)

Secondary meaning (See Acquired distinctiveness (§2(f)) claim)

Secondary source 1202.03(c)

Section 2(f) claim (See Acquired distinctiveness (§2(f)) claim)

Section 8 affidavit (See Affidavit of continued use or excusable nonuse (§8))

Section 15 affidavit (See Affidavit of incontestability)

Section 44 (See also Foreign registration, application based on ownership of and Priority claim in §44(d) application and Priority under §44(d), application claiming)

applications for Supplemental Register under 1014
assignment of applications under 1006
claim of acquired distinctiveness in application under 1010
eligible applicants, under 1002 - 1002.05
international trademark agreements implemented by 1001
sections of publications, marks that identify 1202.07 - 1202.07(b)

Section 66(a) application (See also Extension of protection of international registration to the United States and Registered extension of protection of international registration to the United States)

amendment of identification of goods/services 1402.01(c); 1609.01(a); 1904.02(c) - 1904.02(c)(v); 1906.01(i)
amendment of mark not permitted 807.13(b); 1609.02; 1904.02(j); 1906.01(i)
amendment to Supplemental Register not permitted 801.02(b); 815; 816.01; 816.04; 1904.02(f)
assignability of 501.01(b)
assignee, issuance of registration certificate in name of 502.02(b)
assignment of 501.01(b); 501.07; 502.01; 502.02(b); 503.03(a); 503.05; 1904.06; 1906.01(a) - 1906.01(a)(iii)
basis 806.01(e); 806.03(k); 1505.02(f); 1904.01(a)
cancellation of, by IB 1904.08
cannot be based on USPTO application 1904.01(h)
certificate of registration 1904.05
certificate of registration, issuance in name of new owner 502.02(b); 502.03
certification and collective marks 1904.02(d)
claim of acquired distinctiveness 1212.08
classification of goods and services 1401.03(d); 1403.02; 1403.02(b) - 1403.02(c); 1505.02(b); 1609.04; 1904.02(b)
concurrent use registration not permitted 1207.04(b)
constructive use 1904.01(g)
correction of errors 1904.03(f); 1904.13; 1904.13(b); 1904.14; 1906.01(f)
correspondence address 609.01(a); 1904.02(i)
declaration of intent to use required 804.05; 1904.01(c); 1904.02(d)
description of mark 808.03(b); 1904.02(k)
dividing 1110.11 - 1110.11(a); 1615.02
drawing 807.03(b); 807.03(g) - 807.03(h); 807.07(b); 807.07(d)(iii); 807.07(f)(i); 807.12(c); 807.13(b); 1904.02(j); 1904.02(k)
establishing right to take action 502.01
examination of 1904.02 - 1904.09(b)
express abandonment of 718.01
filing basis 806.01(e); 806.03(k); 1303.01(a)(v); 1304.02(a)(v); 1306.02(a)(v); 1505.02(f); 1904.01(a)
filing date 201; 202 - 202.01; 203; 1904.01(b)
filing fee 202.03; 810 - 810.01; 1110.11(a); 1401.04; 1401.04(b); 1904.01(f)
filing receipt 401.01
identification of goods and services 1401.03(d); 1402.01(c); 1609.01(a); 1609.03; 1904.02(b); 1904.02(c) - 1904.02(c)(v); 1906.01(i)
invalidation of 1904.07 - 1904.07(d)
issuance of registration certificate in name of new owner 502.02(b); 502.03
jurisdiction 1504.04 - 1504.04(a); 1904.02(l)
limitation in list of goods/services 1904.02(e)(ii); 1904.03(g); 1904.15; 1906.01(e)
mark cannot be amended 807.03(g) - 807.03(h); 807.13(b); 1904.02(j); 1906.01(i)
must be filed by holder of international registration 1201
notice of refusal 711.02; 714.05(b); 1904.03 - 1904.03(g); 1904.04
Office actions, issuing 1904.02(h)
opposition 1503.01; 1503.04 - 1503.05; 1504.02; 1504.04; 1504.05; 1904.04
ownership, change of 501.01(b); 501.07; 502.01; 502.02(b); 503.03(a); 503.05; 1904.06; 1906.01(a) - 1906.01(a)(iii); 1906.01(c)
ownership, in general 501 - 501.07; 502 - 502.03; 1201 - 1201.07(b)(iv); 1904.06
priority claim 206.02; 1904.01(e)
recording change of ownership 503.05; 1904.06; 1906.01(a) - 1906.01(a)(iii)
refusal of 711.02; 714.05(b); 1904.03 - 1904.04
remains part of international registration 1904.05
remand 1504.02; 1504.04; 1504.05
renewal of 1602.01; 1606.01(b); 1614; 1905
replacement 1616; 1904.12
signature 804.04; 804.05; 1303.01(a)(v); 1303.01(b)(ii); 1304.02(a)(v); 1304.02(b)(ii); 1306.02(a)(v); 1306.02(b)(ii); 1904.01(c)
Supplemental Register, amendment to not a new issue 714.05(a)(i)
Supplemental Register, not registrable on 801.02(b); 815; 816.01; 816.04; 1904.02(f)
transformation of 1904.09 - 1904.09(b)
use not required 901; 1904.01(d)
verification 804; 804.04; 804.05; 1303.01(a)(v); 1303.01(b); 1303.01(b)(ii); 1304.02(a)(v); 1304.02(b)(ii); 1306.02(a)(v); 1306.02(b)(ii); 1904.01(c); 1904.02(d)

Section 71 affidavit 1613 - 1613.21(d); 1904.10

Security interest agreements, recording of 503.02

Serial number 401.02

Series code 401.02

Service mark

character or personal name 1202.09(a) - 1202.10; 1301.02(b)
computer software 1301.02(f)
definition of 1301; 1301.02
functional matter 1202.02(a)(vii)
identification and classification of services 1301.05; 1401 - 1401.13; 1402.11 - 1402.11(k)
informational matter 1301.02(a)
matter that does not function as 1301.02(a)
menu item for restaurant 1301.02(a)
ornamental matter 1301.02(a)
process, system or method 1301.02(e)
product used in performing service 1301.02(a)
radio and television program, title of 1301.02(d)
specimens of use 1301.04 - 1301.04(j)
system, process or method 1301.02(e)
three-dimensional 1202.02(a)(vii); 1202.02(b)(ii); 1301.02(c)
use in commerce 1301.03 - 1301.03(b)
what is a 1301.02 - 1301.02(f)

Service, what is a 1301.01 - 1301.01(b)(vi)

contests and promotional activities 1301.01(b)(i)
criteria for determining what constitutes 1301.01(a) - 1301.01(a)(iii)
informational services ancillary to sale of goods 1301.01(b)(v)
investment, soliciting 1301.01(b)(iv)
promotional services 1215.02(b); 1301.01(a)(ii); 1301.01(b)(i)
publishing 1301.01(b)(iii)
warranty or guarantee of repair 1301.01(b)(ii)

Services

classification of 1301.05; 1401 - 1401.13
identification of 1402.11 - 1402.11(k)

Shape as mark

background designs and shapes as mark 1202.11
product and container configurations 1202.02(a) - 1202.02(f)(ii)

Signature (See also Verification of application)

as certification 611.01(a)
by association 611.06(f); 804.04
by corporation 611.06(d); 804.04
by foreign corporate-type entity 611.06(e); 804.04
by joint applicants 611.02 - 611.02(a); 611.06(a); 804.04
by joint venture 611.06(c); 804.04
by limited liability company 611.06(g); 803.03(h); 804.04
by limited liability partnership 611036(h)
by partnership 611.06(b); 804.04
by someone other than applicant or applicant’s attorney 611.05 - 611.05(c)
by unincorporated association 611.06(f)
date of 804.03; 1104.10(b)(ii); 1108.02(b); 1109.11(c)
electronic 611.01(c)
examples of authorized and unauthorized signatories 611.04
must be personally signed 611.01(b) - 611.01(c); 611.02 - 611.02(a); 611.03 - 611.03(i); 712 - 712.03; 804.01(b); 804.04
of amendments and responses 611.02 - 611.02(a); 611.03(b); 611.05 - 611.05(c); 712.01
of applicant (See Verification of application)
of application for registration, persons who can sign 804.04
of correction, amendment, or surrender of registration 611.03(f)
of correspondence address change request in an application or registration 609.02(b); 611.02; 611.03(i)
of documents filed in USPTO 611 - 611.05(c)
of domestic representative designation and representation 610; 611.03(h)
of electronically filed documents 611.01(c)
of letter of express abandonment 608.01; 611.02; 611.05; 718.01
of petition to Director 611.02 - 611.02(a); 611.03(e); 1705.07
of petition to revive 611.03(d); 1705.07; 1714.01(e)
of powers of attorney and revocations of powers of attorney 606; 611.03(c)
of renewal applications 611.03(g); 1606.07
of request to divide 611.02 - 611.02(a); 611.03(b); 1110.06
of response to Office action 608.01; 611.02 - 611.02(a); 611.03(b); 712 - 712.03
of TEAS document 611.01(c); 611.02(a)
original 302.01
persons who can sign verification on behalf of applicant 804.04
persons who may sign response 712.01
requirements for 611.01(b)

Single creative work, title of 1202.08 - 1202.08(f); 1301.02(d)

"Single source" (related companies) 1201.07 - 1201.07(b)(iv)

Size of mark on drawing 807.05(c); 807.06(a)

Slogans

disclaimers with respect to 1213.05(b)(i)
registrability of 1202.03(f)(i); 1202.04; 1301.02(a)

Sole proprietorship as applicant 803.03(a)

Sound marks 807.09; 904.03(f); 1202.15

"Special" applications (See also Petition to make "special") 702.02

Special form drawing 807.04 - 807.04(b)

also referred to as "ink drawing" 807.04 - 807.04(b)
characteristics of 807.04(a)
correction of 807.15 - 807.16
mark drawing code 807.18
size limitations for 807.05(c); 807.06(a)
when required 807.04(b)

Specimens

affidavit of use of 904.05
agreement with mark on drawing 807.12 - 807.12(e); 1215.02(c); 1306.04(a)
beta versions 904.03(e); 904.03(i)(D); 1301.03(a)
bulky 904.02(b)
catalogs 904.03(h)
certification mark 1306.02(a)(i)(B); 1306.05(b)(iii); 1306.04(c); 1306.04(d) - 1306.04(d)(ii); 1306.05(b)(iii)
collective membership mark 1304.02(a)(i)(C); 1304.03(b) - 1304.03(b)(ii)
collective trademark and collective service mark, confusion with trademark or service mark 1303.02(b)
commercial packaging 904.03(c)
deferral of examination in multiple-basis application 806.02(c)
displays associated with goods 904.03(g)
electronic and digital media attachments 904.03(d)
electronic displays 904.03(i) - 904.03(i)(D)
electronically filed 904.02(a); 1104.10(b)(v); 1109.09(b); 1604.12(b)
facsimiles 904.02(b)
for amendment to allege use 1104.10(b)(v)
for color marks 904.02(c)(ii); 1202.05(f)
for combined application (See Specimen, multiple-class application)
for computer programs, movies, videos, or audio recordings 904.03(e)
for downloadable computersoftware 904.03(e)
for flavor marks 904.03(m)
for motion marks 904.03(l)
for publications 904.02(c)(iii)
for scent marks 904.03(m)
for statement of use 1109.09(b)
impracticable to place mark on goods, packaging, or displays 904.03(k)
labels 904.03(a)
manuals 904.03(j)
multiple-class application 904.01; 904.01(b); 1402.03(c); 1403.01; 1403.02(b)
musical score 904.03(f); 1202.15
number of 904.01 - 904.01(b)
other materials required for examination 904.02(c)(i)
package inserts 904.04(c)
paper filed 904.02(b)
parties named on-Office no longer inquires as to relationship with applicant 1201.04
physical form of 904.02 - 904.02(b)
service mark 1301.04 - 1301.04(j)
sound marks 904.03(f)
stampings 904.03(b)
statutory refusals 904.07 - 904.07(b)(i); 1301.04(g) - 1301.04(g)(ii); 1304.03(b) - 1304.03(b)(ii); 1306.04(d) - 1306.04(d)(ii)
substitute (See Substitute specimens)
tags 904.03
trademark 904.03 - 904.04(c)
translation of matter on 904.06
use, affidavit of 904.05

Standard character drawings 807.03 - 807.03(i)

and foreign registration 807.03(f); Appendix E
and specimen of use 807.03(e)
changing to or from special form may be material alteration 807.03(d); 807.14 - 807.14(f)
combined with other elements 807.03(c)
format unclear 807.03(h)
in §44 application 807.03(f)
in §66(a) application 807.03(b); 807.03(g) - 807.03(h)
list of 807.03(b)
mark drawing code 807.18
requirements for 807.03(a)

Standard character list 807.03(b)

Stare decisis 1217

Statement of use

approval of 1109.18
black-out period 1103; 1104.03(b)
classification, amendment of 1109.14
clear-error standard in examining 706.01; 1109.08
correcting defects 1109.16 - 1109.16(e)
date of execution 1109.11(c)
dates of use 1109.09(a)
dates of use, amendment of 903.04; 1109.09(a)
discrepancies between dates of use and execution dates 903.06(a)
drawing 1109.12
examination of 1109.07 - 1109.08; 1109.16(b)
execution of 1109.11 - 1109.11(d)
extension of time to file (See Request for extension of time to file statement of use)
failure to file within time permitted 718.04; 1109.04
fee for filing 1109.15 - 1109.15(a)
form of 1109.05
hand delivery of 1109.05
identification of goods/services in 1109.13
may not be withdrawn 1109.17
minimum requirements for 1109.01
minimum requirements, review for compliance with 1109.02
necessary elements of 1109.06
ownership 1109.10
petition to review refusal 1109.02(a)
recourse after refusal 1109.16(e)
requirements for 1109.06
response to Office action 1109.16(d)
signature of 804.04; 1109.11 - 1109.11(d)
specimens for 1109.09(b)
time for filing 1109.04
use in commerce 1109.09
use on all goods/services required before filing 1109.03
verification of 804.04; 1109.11 - 1109.11(d)
withdrawal prohibited 1109.17

Status inquiries 108 - 108.03; 1705.05

Internet information 108.01
personal telephone assistance 108.02
duty to monitor status 108.03; 1705.05

Statutory authority for examination 701

Statutory averments in application for registration 804.02; 804.05; 1303.01(b) - 1303.01(b)(ii); 1304.02(b) - 1304.02(b)(ii); 1306.02(b) - 1306.02(b)(ii)

Stippling on drawing 808.01(b)

Subpoena received by Office employee 1801.01

Subsequent designations 1902.08 - 1902.08(e)

Substitute drawing 807.15; 807.18

Substitute specimens

affidavit supporting 904.05
for amendment to allege use 1104.10(b)(v)
for statement of use 1109.09(b)
in response to refusal for failure to show the applied-for mark functioning as a mark 714.05(f)
in response to refusal for failure to show use of the mark in commerce 714.05(e)
may require amendment of dates of use 904.05
requirements for substitute specimens and statutory refusals 904.07 - 904.07(b)(i)

Supervisory authority of Director 1707

Supplemental Register

allegation of use filed with amendment to 714.05(a)(i); 1102.03
amendment of application to 816 - 816.05
applications for 815 - 815.04
intent-to-use applications 206.01; 714.05(a)(i); 1102.03
marks eligible for Principal Register not registrable on 815.01
not an admission that mark has not acquired distinctiveness 815.03
refusal of incapable matter 815.04
request for extension of protection of international registration, not eligible 801.02(b); 815; 816.01; 816.04; 1904.02(f)
required elements 815.02

Surname, primarily merely a 1211 - 1211.02(b)(vii)

combined with additional matter 1211.01(b) - 1211.01(b)(viii)
combined with domain name 1211.01(b)(vii); 1215.03
combined with initials 1211.01(b)(iii)
combined with legal or familial entity designation 1211.01(b)(viii)
combined with title 1211.01(b)(iv)
combined with wording 1211.01(b)(vi)
doctrine of foreign equivalents 1211.01(a)(vii)
double surname 1211.01(b)(i)
evidence supporting refusal 1211.02 - 1211.02(b)(vii)
fame of mark evidence 1211.02(b)(vii)
geographical significance 1211.01(a)(iii)
historical place or person 1211.01(a)(iv)
LexisNexis® research database evidence 1211.02(b)(ii)
"look and feel" of a surname 1211.01(a)(vi)
negative dictionary evidence 1211.01(a)(vii); 1211.02(b)(vi)
non-surname significance 1211.01(a) - 1211.01(a)(vi)
ordinary language meaning 1211.01(a)(i)
person associated with application, surname of 1211.02(b)(iv)
phonetic equivalent 1211.01(a)(ii)
plural 1211.01(b)(v)
possessive 1211.01(b)(v)
rare 1211.01(a)(v)
specimens confirming surname significance of term 1211.02(b)(v)
stylization 1211.01(b)(ii)
telephone directory listings 1211.02(b)(i) - 1211.02(b)(iii)
U.S. census database evidence 1211.02(b)(iii)

Surrender of registration for cancellation 1608; 1904.07(c)

Suspended cases checked by examining attorney 716.04

Suspension of action by Office

after final action 716.06
circumstances where appropriate 716.02 - 716.02(i)
letter of inquiry regarding 716.05
notice of 716.01
pending cancellation or expiration of cited registration 716.02(e)
pending correction of or limitation to international registration 716.02(g)
pending decision on petition not permitted 716.02; 1705.06
pending disposition of earlier-filed application 716.02(c)
pending disposition of request for correction filed with the IB 716.02(g)
pending expiration of "insurance" extension request 716.02(f)
pending inter partes or court proceeding 716.02(d)
pending receipt of foreign registration 716.02(b); 1003.04(a)
pending receipt of proof of renewal of foreign registration 716.02(b); 1004.01(a)
request to remove 716.03

Suspension of practitioner from practice before USPTO 608.02

Suspension, removal of application from 716.03; 716.06

Swiss Confederation Coat of Arms & Swiss Flag 1205.01(d) - 1205.01(d)(iv)

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TAC (Trademark Assistance Center) 108.02

Taiwan, understanding with the United States Appendix B

Tax-exempt corporation 803.03(c)

TEAS (Trademark Electronic Application System) (See Electronic filing through TEAS)

TEAS Plus 819 - 819.04

Adding a class during examination 819.03
Application requirements 819.01 - 819.01(q)
Documents that must be filed through TEAS 819.02(b)
Identification of goods and services 1402.01(d); 1402.02
Payment of TEAS Plus processing fee 819.04
Receipt of communications by e-mail 819.02(a)
TEAS success page 303.02(a)

TEAS RF 820 - 820.04

Adding a class during examination 820.03
Application requirements 820.01
Documents that must be filed through TEAS 820.02 - 820.02(b)
Identification of goods and services 1402.01(d); 1402.02
Payment of TEAS Plus processing 820.04
Receipt of communication by e-mail 820.02(a)
TEAS success page 303.02(a)

Telephone communications 709.04

Telephone numbers 1209.03(l)

Telescoped words 1213.05(a)(i)

"Ten-year proviso" of §5 of Act of 1905 1601.04

Territorial commerce 901.03

TESS (Trademark Electronic Search System) 104

Testimony, requests for, referred to Office of General Counsel 1801.01

Third parties, inquires from regarding ex parte matters 1806

Third party registrations

evidence of 710.03
relevance in determining descriptiveness 1209.03(a)
relevance in determining likelihood of confusion 1207.01(d)(iii)

Third Protocol 1205.01(a) - 1205.01(a)(vi)

Three-dimensional marks 807.10; 1202.02 - 1202.02(f)(ii); 1301.02(c)

TICRS (Trademark Image Capture and Retrieval System) 109.02; 402

Time between execution and filing 804.03; 1104.10(b)(ii); 1108.02(b); 1109.11(c)

Title of a single creative work 1202.08 - 1202.08(f); 1301.02(d)

Title or degree 1304.03(b)(ii); 1306.04(d)(ii)

Trade dress 1202.02 - 1202.02(f)(ii); 1202.03; 1202.03(f)(iii)

description of mark 1202.02(c); 1202.02(c)(ii); 1202.02(c)(iv)
disclaimer 1202.02(c)(iii)
drawing 807.10; 1202.02(c); 1202.02(c)(i); 1202.02(c)(iv)
identification of goods/services 1202.02(f) - 1202.02(f)(ii)
product design 1202.02(a) - 1202.02(a)(viii); 1202.02(b)(i); 1202.02(f)(i)
product packaging 1202.02(a) - 1202.02(a)(viii); 1202.02(b)(ii); 1202.02(f)(ii)
section 1(b), applications based on 1202.02(d)
sections 44 and 66(a), applications based on 1202.02(e)

Trade name 1202.01

Trademark Act of 1946

claiming benefits of, under §12(c) 1603 - 1603.03
duration of registrations under 1602.01
effective date of 1601.02

Trademark assignment, searching 503.08 - 503.08(a)

Trademark Assistance Center (TAC) 108.02

Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) (See Electronic filing through TEAS)

Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS) 104

Trademark forms 103

Trademark Image Capture and Retrieval System (TICRS) 109.02; 402

Trademark Law Revision Act of 1988 816.02; 901.02; 1303.01(a)(i); 1602.01

Trademark Law Treaty Implementation Act, changes to requirements for maintaining a registration 1602.04

Trademark manuals 107

Trademark Official Gazette

contents of 106
notification of clerical errors in 1502.01
publication in 1502

Trademark searching 104

Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) database 109.01; 402

Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB)

appeal to 1501 - 1501.04
concurrent proceedings 1506
interference 1507
jurisdiction of 1504.02
opposition proceedings before 1503 - 1503.05

Trademark website 102; 104; 108.01; 109.01

Trademark, definition of 1202

Transformation 1902.10; 1904.09 - 1904.09(b)

Translation

doctrine of foreign equivalents 1207.01(b)(vi) - 1207.01(b)(vi)(C); 1209.03(g); 1211.01(a)(vii)
entry of 809.01(a)
equivalency in 809.02
exceptions to rules for translations 809.01(b) - 809.01(b)(iii)
of dead or obscure languages 809.01(b)(iii); 1207.01(b)(vi)(B); 1209.03(g)
of document submitted for recording in Assignment Division 503.03(c)
of foreign articles or prepositions combined with English terms 809.01(b)(ii)
of foreign registration 1004.01(b)
of idiomatic expressions 809.01(b)(i)
of matter on specimens 904.06
of non-English wording in mark 809 - 809.02
printing of 809.01 - 809.01(a); 809.03; 817

Transliteration of non-Latin characters in mark 809 - 809.02

Treaty or convention relating to trademarks 1001; 1002.03; Appendix B

TRIPs (Trade-Related Intellectual Property portions of General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade) 1210.08 - 1210.08(a); Appendix B

Trust as owner of mark 803.03(e) - 803.03(e)(i)

TSDR (Trademark Status and Document Retrieval) database 108.01; 109.01; 402

Type of commerce 901.03

Type of mark, registration in correct category 1306.06(c)

Types of applications 801 - 801.02(b)

Types of marks 1202; 1300 - 1306.06(c)

Types of registrations 1601 - 1601.06

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Unauthorized practice at PTO 608 - 608.02

Undeliverable correspondence, returned as 403

Unintentional delay

petition based on 1714.01(e) - 1714.01(f)(ii)
statement of 1714.01(e)
where unintentional delay applies 1714.01(f) - 1714.01(f)(ii)

United States Patent and Trademark Office

reorganization of 1701
Website 102; 104; 108.01; 109.01

Unity of control 714.05(d); 715.03(b); 1201.07 - 1201.07(b)(iv)

Universal symbols 1202.17 - 1202.17(e)(vi)

Unpublished decisions 705.05

Unscheduled closing of USPTO 309

Unsigned response to Office action 712.02

Uruguay Round Agreements 1210.08; Appendix B

U.S. Postal Service, interruptions of 305.04

Use dates (See Dates of use)

Use in commerce

assertion of 901
bona fide use in the ordinary course of trade 901.02
certification marks 1306.02(a)(i)
collective membership marks 1304.02(a)(i)
collective trademarks and service marks 1303.01(a)(i)
commerce that may be lawfully regulated by Congress 901.03
date of first 903.02
definition of 901.01
not required in §44 application 901; 1009
not required in §66(a) application 901; 1904.01(d)
service marks 1301.03 - 1301.03(b)
solely by related company 903.05; 1201.03(a)

Use of mark

as a mark 1202; 1301; 1303; 1304.01; 1306.01
bona fide use in the ordinary course of trade 901.02
by applicant 1201.01
by licensee 1201.03(e)
by predecessor in title 903.05
by related company 903.05; 1201.03 - 1201.03(e)
in commerce (See Use in commerce)
solely as a trade name 1202.01
solely by related company 1201.03(a)

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Varietal names 1202.12

Verification of application (See also Signature) 804 - 804.05

declaration in lieu of oath 804.01(b)
defective 804.01(a); 804.01(b); 804.02; 1303.01(b)(i); 1304.02(b)(i); 1306.02(b)(i)
electronic 611.01(c)
in a foreign country 804.01(a)(i)
must be personally signed 611.01(b) - 611.01(c); 611.02; 804.01(b); 804.04
not required for receipt of filing date 804
of TEAS document 611.01(c); 611.02(a)
of §1(a) or §44 application 804 - 804.03; 1303.01(b)(i); 1304.02(b)(i); 1306.02(b)(i)
of §66(a) application 804; 804.05; 1303.01(a)(v); 1303.01(b)(ii); 1304.02(a)(v); 1304.02(b)(ii); 1306.02(a)(v); 1306.02(b)(ii); 1904.01(c); 1904.02(d)
persons who can sign 611.03(a); 804.04
under 28 U.S.C. §1746 804.01(b)
with oath 804.01(a)

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Waiver of rules, on petition 1708

Warehouse storage of paper files

access by public to files in 109.02
of registration files 109.02

Who may practice before Office in trademark matters 602 - 602.03(e); 611.02

Wholly owned related companies 1201.03(b)

Wines/spirits, misleading indication of origin of 1210.08 - 1210.08(c)

Withdrawal of attorney 607

Withdrawal of authorization to represent 606

Withdrawal of prior amendment 714.05(a); 715.03(a)(ii)(A); 715.03(b); 715.04(a)

to amend identification of goods/services 714.05(a)(i)
to seek registration under §2f 714.05(a)(i)
to Supplemental Register 714.05(a)(i)

Withdrawal of refusal or requirement after appeal 1501.03

World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) 1401.02(a); 1900 (introductory text)

World Trade Organization (WTO) Appendix B

Written application, form for filing 802

Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure Key Word Index

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