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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, mandatory— 301.01
• Electronic filing through TEAS— 301.01
  • 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
  • cannot be used to respond to examining attorneys’ Office actions— 304.02 ; 709.05
  • communications that may be filed by— 304.01
  • outgoing— 304.03 ; 403 ; 717.01
  • procedure— 304.03 ; 709.04 – 709.05
• Electronic signature— 611.01(c)
• E-mail 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
  • 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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