TMEP Subject Matter Index (E) – Subject Matter Index

Educational institution as owner of mark 803.03(f)
Effective date
1. of Madrid Protocol Implementation Act 1900 (introductory text)
2. of Trademark Act of 1946 1601.02
3. of Trademark Law Revision Act of 1988 1602.01
4. of Trademark Law Treaty Implementation Act 1602.04
Effective filing date of application 206 - 206.03
Electronic filing, mandatory 301.01
Electronic filing through the trademark electronic filing system 301.01
1. confirmation of receipt of 303.02(a)
2. drawings 807.05 - 807.05(c)
3. signature 611.01(c)
4. specimens 904.02(a)
Electronic funds transfer 405.05
Electronic image files 109.01; 402
Electronic mail 304 - 304.03
1. attachments must be in .jpg or .pdf format 304.01
2. cannot be used to respond to examining attorneys’ Office actions 304.02; 709.05
3. communications that may be filed by 304.01
4. outgoing 304.03; 403; 717.01
5. procedure 304.03; 709.04 - 709.05
Electronic signature 611.01(c)
1. in general 611.01(c)
2. generated using document-signing software 611.01(c)(i) - (ii)
Email address, required 803.05(b); 1612.01(a); 1904.01(j)
English, application must be in 802
Enrollment and Discipline, Office of 602; 602.03 - 602.03(a); 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
1. from Internet 710.01(b)
2. from research database 710.01(a)
3. indicating no refusal or requirement necessary 710.02
4. of third party registration 710.03
5. record must be complete prior to appeal 710.01(c); 1501.02(b)
6. remand for introduction of new evidence 1504.05
Ex parte, contacts with third parties regarding ex parte matters 1806
Examination
1. checklist 818
2. initial (See alsoIntent-to-use applications, initial examination of) 704 - 704.03; 1102 - 1102.04
3. of related applications 702.03 - 702.03(b)
4. of §66(a) application 1904.02 - 1904.09(b)
5. order of 702.01; 702.02; 702.03(a)(i) - 702.03(a)(ii)
6. procedure 704 - 704.03
7. search 704.02; 718.07
8. "second" examination (SeeStatement of use, examination of)
9. "special" applications 702.02; 1710 - 1710.02
10. statutory authority for 701
11. suspended applications 716 - 716.06
Examiner’s amendment
1. approval of 707.01
2. combined with priority action 708.05
3. form of 707.03
4. may not be issued as first action in §66(a) application 707
5. objection to amendment of identification of goods/services 1402.07(e)
6. paralegal cannot authorize 608.01; 707.01
7. to charge fee 405.03; 810.01
8. to enter standard character claim 707.02
9. when appropriate 707 - 707.02
10. without prior authorization 707.02
Examining attorneys’ appeal briefs (SeeAppeal briefs, examining attorneys’)
Express abandonment of application 608.01; 611.02; 718.01
Expungement 1716 - 1716.04(h)
1. basis 1716.02(a)
2. consolidating proceedings 1716.03(b)
3. cancellation of the registration 1716.04(e)
4. co-pending proceedings 1716.04(h)
5. deleting goods and/or services 1716.04(d)
6. evidence of use or excusable nonuse 1716.04(c)
7. estoppel 1716.04(g)
8. instituting proceedings 1716.03
9. final action 1716.04(e)
10. notice of institution and Office action 1716.04(a)
11. notice of petition 1716.02(d)
12. notice of termination 1716.04(e)
13. petition for 1716.02 - 1716.02(b)
14. prima facie case of nonuse 1716.03(a)
15. procedures for expungement proceedings 1716.04
16. reasonable investigation 1716.02(c) - 1716.02(c)(i)
17. reinstatement after cancellation for failure to respond 1716.04(f)
18. responding to Office action 1716.04(b)
19. sources of information and evidence 1716.02(c)(ii)
20. surrendering the registration 1716.04(d)
21. suspension pending disposition of expungement proceeding 716.02(j)
22. timing 1716.01
Extension of protection of international registration to the United States (See alsoRegistered extension of protection and Section 66(a))
1. affidavit of continued use or excusable nonuse 1613; 1904.10
2. affidavit of incontestability 1605.01; 1904.11
3. amendment of identification of goods/services 1402.01(c); 1609.01; 1904.02(c) - (c)(v); 1906.01(i)
4. amendment of mark not permitted 807.13(b); 1609.02; 1904.02(j); 1906.01(i)
5. amendment to Supplemental Register not permitted 801.02(b); 815; 816.01; 816.04; 1904.02(f)
6. amendments to 1904.13(a)
7. assignability of 501.01(b)
8. assignee, issuance of registration certificate in name of 502.02(b); 502.03
9. 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)
10. basis 806.01(e); 806.03(k); 1505.02(f); 1904.01(a)
11. can be amended under §7 only in limited circumstances 1609.01(a)
12. cancellation of, by IB 1904.08
13. cannot be based on USPTO application 1904.01(h)
14. certificate of registration 1904.05
15. certificate of registration, issuance in name of new owner 502.02(b); 502.03
16. claim of acquired distinctiveness 1212.08
17. 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)
18. concurrent use registration not permitted 1207.04(b)
19. constructive use 1904.01(g)
20. correction of errors 1904.02(e)(i); 1904.03(f); 1904.13; 1904.13(b); 1904.14; 1906.01(f)
21. correspondence address 609.01(a); 1904.02(i)
22. declaration of intent to use required 804.05; 1904.01(c)
23. dividing 1110.11; 1615.02
24. domicile address, updating of 609.01(a)
25. email address 601.01(a); 609.01(a); 803.05(b); 1904.01(j)
26. 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)
27. establishing right to take action 502.01
28. examination of 1904.02 - 1904.02(l); 1904.09(b)
29. express abandonment of 608.01; 611.02; 718.01
30. filing basis 806.01(e); 806.03(k); 1505.02(f); 1904.01(a)
31. filing date 201 - 201.02; 202 - 202.01; 202.03; 203; 1904.01(b)
32. filing fee 202.03; 810 - 810.01; 810.01; 1904.01(f)
33. filing receipt 401.01
34. identification of goods and services 1402.01(c); 1609.01(a); 1904.02(c) - (c)(v); 1906.01(i)
35. incontestability, affidavit of 1605.01; 1904.11
36. invalidation of 1904.07 - 1904.07(d)
37. issuance of registration certificate in name of new owner 502.02(b); 502.03
38. jurisdiction 1504.04; 1904.02(l)
39. limitation in list of goods/services 1904.02(e)(ii); 1904.03(g); 1904.15; 1906.01(e)
40. mark cannot be amended 807.13(b); 1609.02; 1904.02(j); 1906.01(i)
41. must be filed by holder of international registration 1201
42. notice of refusal 1904.03 - 1904.03(g); 1904.04
43. Office actions, issuing 1904.02(h)
44. opposition 1503.01 - 1503.05; 1504.02 - 1504.04(a); 1904.04
45. 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)
46. ownership, in general 501 - 501.07; 502; 1201; 1904.06
47. priority claim 206.02; 1904.01(e)
48. recording change of ownership 503.05; 1904.06; 1906.01(a) - 1906.01(a)(iv)
49. refusal of 711.03; 714.05(b); 1904.03 - 1904.03(g); 1904.04
50. remains part of international registration 1904.05
51. remand 1504.02; 1504.04; 1504.05
52. renewal of 1602.01; 1606.01(b); 1614; 1905
53. replacement 1616; 1904.12
54. signature 804.04; 804.05; 1904.01(c)
55. Supplemental Register, amendment to not a new issue 714.05(a)(i)
56. Supplemental Register, not registrable on 801.02(b); 815; 816.01; 816.04; 1904.02(f)
57. transformation of 1904.09 - 1904.09(b)
58. use not required 901; 1904.01(d)
59. verification 804; 804.04; 804.05; 1904.01(c); 1904.02(d)
60. when representation required 601.01(a); 1904.01(i)
Extension of time to file statement of use (SeeRequest for extension of time to file statement of use)
Extension of time to oppose 1503.04
Extension of time to respond to Office action 711.01 - 711.01(b)