If the USPTO has sent a notice of provisional refusal, once the procedures regarding the refusal are complete, the USPTO must notify the IB that:

1. (1) protection is refused for all goods/services;
2. (2) the mark is protected for all goods/services; or
3. (3) the mark is protected for some specified goods/services.

Regs. Rule 17(5). The IB will record this notice and send it to the holder.