§ B

TMEP Subject Matter Index (B)

Subject Matter Index

Published May 1, 2025United States Patent and Trademark Office
  1. Background designs and shapes as mark 1202.11
  2. Banking institution as applicant 803.03(g)
  3. Base application requirements and additional fees 819
    1. base application requirements 819.01
    2. excess character ID fee 819.04
    3. free-form text ID fee 819.03
    4. insufficient information fee 819.02
  4. Basic Facts About Registering a Trademark 105
  5. Basis for filing (SeeFiling basis)
  6. Blackout period 504.04; 1103; 1104.03(b) - 1104.03(c)
  7. Blinded Veterans Association 1205.01
  8. "Bona fide and effective industrial or commercial establishment" 1002.04
  9. Bona fide intention to use mark in commerce
    1. acceptable language for statement of 1101
    2. application filing basis, under §1(b) 806.01(b)
    3. continued 1101; 1108.02
    4. must be asserted in request for extension of time to file statement of use 1108.02(e)
    5. must be asserted in written application 806.01(b) - 806.01(d); 1101
    6. must be asserted in §44 application, even if use has commenced 1008
    7. must be asserted in §66(a) application 804; 804.05; 1904.01(c)
    8. not necessary to repeat in multiple-basis application 806.02(g)
  10. Bona fide use in ordinary course of trade 901.02
  11. Bona fides of applicant, in asserting intent to use mark in commerce, not inquired into by examining attorney 1101
  12. Buenos Aires Convention Appendix B
  13. Bulky specimens 904.02(b)
  14. Business cards as specimens of service mark use 1301.04(h)(i)
  15. Business trusts 803.03(e)(i)
  16. Business with Office to be transacted in writing 708.03; 709.03; 709.04; 709.05
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