TMEP Subject Matter Index (O) – Subject Matter Index

Office action (See alsoAction by examining attorney, Provisional refusal of 66(a) applications, and Response to Office action)
1. non-receipt of 717.02
2. preparation of 705 - 705.08
3. reissuing or remailing of 717
4. request for extension of time to respond 711.01 - 711.01(b)
5. response period 310; 711 - 711.03
6. returned as undeliverable 403; 717.01
7. supplemental Office action 711.03
Office personnel
1. not to express opinion on validity of registered mark 1801
2. not to give legal advice 108.02
3. not to testify 1801.01
Official Gazette (See alsoTrademark 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
1. extension of time to file 1503.04
2. to §66(a) application 1503.05
Order of examination 702.01
Order of work 702 - 702.02
Ordering abandoned application files 109.02
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 alsoApplicant, Assignment and Related Company) 1201 - 1201.07(b)(iv)
1. automatic updating 504 - 504.04
2. change in, after application filed 501 - 501.07; 1201.02(e)
3. establishing 502 - 502.03
4. inquiry by examining attorney with respect to 1201.04
5. recording change 503 - 503.08
6. refusal on basis of 1201.02(b)
7. related-company use 1201.01; 1201.03 - 1201.03(e)
8. requesting update of ownership information 505 - 505.02
9. §1 application 1201
11. §44 application 1201
12. §66(a) application 501.07; 502.02(b)