TMEP / Subject Matter Index F
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- Facsimile transmission, filing of correspondence by— 306
- Failure to Function— 1202 ; 1301.02(a)
- background designs and shapes— 1202.11
- color as a mark— 1202.05 – 1202.05(a)
- hashtag marks— 1202.18 – 1202.18(b)
- holograms— 1202.14
- inconsistent goods or services— 1202.19(f) – 1202.19(f)(ii)
- informational matter— 1202.04
- model grade designations— 1202.16(a)
- names of artists and authors— 1202.09(a)
- names and designs of characters in creative works— 1202.10
- ornamentation— 1202.03
- product design— 1202.02(b)(i)
- product packaging— 1202.02(b)(ii)
- repeating pattern marks, not inherently distinctive— 1202.19(e) – 1202.19(e)(iii)
- scent, fragrance, or flavor— 1202.13
- service marks— 1301.02(a)
- title of single creative work— 1202.08
- universal symbols— 1202.17(c) – 1202.17(c)(iii)
- varietal and cultivar names— 1202.12
- False suggestion of connection— 1203.03(c) – 1203.03(c)(iii)
- Family of marks— 1207.01(d)(xi)
- Fax transmission ( See Facsimile transmission, filing of correspondence by)
- Federal holiday, response period ending on— 308
- Fee(s)
- electronic funds transfer— 405.05
- for correcting irregularities in international application— 1902.07(b)(i)
- for filing amendment to allege use— 1104.10(b)(vii)
- for filing application— 202.03 ; 810 – 810.02 ; 1401.04 ; 1403.01
- for filing ex parte appeal— 1501.04
- for filing international application— 1902.02(i) ; 1903.02
- for filing multiple-class application— 810 – 810.01 ; 1401.04 ; 1403.01
- for filing notice of opposition— 1503.01
- for filing petition to revive abandoned application— 1714 ; 1714.01 ; 1714.01(a(i) ; 1714.01(b) ; 1714.01(c)
- for filing request for extension of time to file statement of use— 1108.02(c)
- for filing request for transformation— 1904.09(a)
- for filing request to record changes in ownership to an international registration— 1906.01(a)(i)
- for filing statement of use— 1109.15
- for filing subsequent designation— 1902.08(c)
- for recording document in Assignment Recordation Branch— 503.03(d)
- for request to divide— 1110.02
- international, payment of— 1903.02
- method of payment of— 405 – 405.06
- number of— 810 – 810.01 ; 1401.04 ; 1403.01 ; 1403.06
- refund of ( See Refund of fees)
- refused by financial institution— 202.03(a) – 202.03(a)(i) ; 405.06
- returned check— 202.03(a) – 202.03(a)(i) ; 405.06 ; 1104.01(b) ; 1104.10(b)(vii) ; 1108.02(c) ; 1109.15(a) ; 1604.06(c) ; 1606.05(c) ; 1613.06(c) ; 1705.02
- Files, access to— 109 – 109.03
- Files, destruction of— 109.02
- Files, electronic— 109.01 ; 109.03 ; 402 – 402.01
- Filing basis
- abandonment of multiple-basis application— 806.02(d)
- amendment after publication— 806.03(j) – 806.03(j)(iii) ; 1505.02(f)
- amendment from §1(a) to §1(b)— 806.03(c)
- amendment from §1(b) to §44— 806.03(g)
- amendment from §44 to §1(b)— 806.03(d)
- amendment of §66(a) basis not permitted— 806.03(k) ; 806.03(l) ; 1505.02(f) ; 1904.01(a)
- amendment, effect on filing date— 806.03(h) ; 806.04(b)
- amendment, verification of— 806.02(e) ; 806.03(i)
- bona fide intention to use mark in commerce— 806.01(b) – 806.01(e) ; 806.02(e)
- changing— 806.03 – 806.03(l)
- changing after publication— 806.03(j) – 806.03(j)(iii)
- claim of priority under §44(d)— 806.01(c) ; 806.02(f) ; 806.03(b) ; 806.04(b) ; 1003
- combining §1 and §44— 806.02(a) ; 806.02(e) – 806.02(f) ; 806.03(d) ; 806.03(f) ; 806.04(b)
- combining §1(a) and §1(b)— 806.02(a) – 806.02(b) ; 806.03(c)
- deletion of §1(b) basis— 806.04 – 806.04(a)
- deletion of, in general— 806.04
- extension of protection of international registration under §66(a)— 806.01(e) ; 1904.01(a)
- foreign registration under §44(e)— 806.01(d) ; 806.02(e) ; 1004 – 1004.02
- intent-to-use— 806.01(b) ; 806.02(b) ; 806.03(c) – 806.03(e) ; 806.03(e) ; 806.03(g) ; 806.04(a)
- multiple— 806.02 – 806.02(g)
- must be stated in written application— 806
- requirements for establishing— 806.01 – 806.01(e)
- review prior to publication or issue— 806.05
- specimen, deferral of examination in multiple-basis application— 806.02(c)
- use in commerce— 806.01(a) ; 806.02(b) ; 806.03(c)
- when basis can be changed— 806.03(a)
- Filing date label, permitted paper filings— 303.02(b)
- Filing date, application
- cancelled if minimum requirements not met— 204.01
- change of— 204.03 ; 205 ; 1711
- denial of— 204 – 204.03 ; 1711
- effective— 206 – 206.04
- in extension of protection of international registration— 1904.01(b)
- minimum requirements for— 202 – 202.03(a)(i)
- of §66(a) application— 1904.01(b)
- priority— 206.02 ; 806.01(c) ; 1003 – 1003.02 ; 1003.05
- request for restoration of— 1711
- requirements for receiving— 202 – 202.03(a)(i)
- restoration of— 1711
- review for compliance with minimum requirements— 203
- review of denial of— 1711
- section 66(a) application— 1904.01(b)
- what constitutes— 201
- Filing date, for correspondence (in general)— 303
- Filing fee, application— 202.03 ; 810 – 810.02 ; 1403.01
- in §66(a) application— 202.03 ; 810 – 810.01 ; 1904.01(f)
- varies depending on whether application filed on paper or through TEAS— 202.03 ; 810 ; 1110.02 ; 1403.02(c)
- Filing of correspondence with International Bureau— 1906 – 1906.01(i)
- Filing of permitted paper correspondence with USPTO— 305.01 – 305.04
- by courier or delivery service— 307
- by “Priority Mail Express”— 305.03
- by hand delivery— 307
- by mail— 305 – 305.04
- certificate of mailing procedure for ( See Certificate of mailing procedure)
- time between execution and— 804.03 ; 1104.10(b)(ii) ; 1108.02(b) ; 1109.11(c)
- Filing receipt— 401.01
- Final refusal
- action after— 715 – 715.04(b)
- for failure to provide information requested by examining attorney— 814
- issuance of final refusal, after removal of application from suspension— 1208.02(d)
- issuance of subsequent final refusal, after removal of application from suspension— 716.06
- new issues requiring issuance of nonfinal action— 714.05 – 714.05(c) ; 714.05(f) ; 715.03(b)
- not permissible on first action— 714.01
- not permissible on suspension— 714.02
- pertaining to identification— 714.05(a)(ii)
- pertaining to proposed amendment of drawing— 714.05(a) ; 807.17
- premature— 714.06
- proper response to— 715.01
- request for reconsideration after— 715.03 – 715.04(b) ; 1714.01(a)(ii) ; 1714.01(f)(ii)(A)
- statement of grounds of— 714.04
- time for appeal runs from date of— 715.03(c)
- when appropriate— 714.03 ; 714.05 – 714.05(f)
- with respect to amendment to Supplemental Register— 714.05(a)(i)
- with respect to submission of consent agreement— 714.05(d)
- with respect to submission of substitute specimen— 714.05(e) – 714.05(f)
- with respect to §2(f) claim— 714.05(a)(i) ; 1212.02(h)
- “Firm” – in regards to applicant’s name — 803.02(b)
- Flag, refusal to register mark comprising— 1204 – 1204.01(e) ; 1204.03
- Flavor as mark— 904.03(m) ; 1202.13
- Foreign applicant
- common terms designating entity of— 803.03(i) ; Appendix D
- signature on behalf of— 611.06(e) ; 804.04 – 804.05
- Foreign attorney ( See Attorney, foreign)
- “Foreign” commerce— 901.03
- Foreign equivalents, doctrine of— 1207.01(b)(vi) – 1207.01(b)(vi)(C) ; 1209.03(g) ; 1210.10 ; 1211.01(a)(vii)
- Foreign priority ( See Priority under §44(d), application claiming)
- Foreign registration, application based on ownership of— 1005
- assignment of home country application or registration— 1006
- based on registration issued by a “common office of several states”— 1002.03
- bona fide intention to use mark in commerce— 806.01(d) ; 806.02(e) ; 806.02(g) ; 1004 ; 1008
- certification or certified copy of foreign registration required— 806.01(d) ; 1004.01
- country of origin— 1002.04
- dividing— 1110.10
- drawing— 807.03(f) ; 807.12(b) ; 1011 – 1011.04
- establishing entitlement under a treaty— 1002.01 ; 1002.03
- from applicant’s country of origin— 1002.04
- identification of goods/services— 1012 ; 1402.01(b)
- international registration as basis for §44 application— 1016
- may not be filed before foreign registration has issued— 1004
- must be in force— 1004.01(a)
- one mark per registration— 1011.02
- ownership of foreign registration— 1005
- requirements for receiving a filing date— 202 – 202.03(a)(i)
- requirements for §44(e) basis— 806.01(d) ; 1002.01 ; 1004
- specimen not required— 1009
- standard character claim in— 807.03(f) ; 1011.01
- status of foreign registration— 1004.01(a)
- suspension pending receipt of copy of foreign registration not permitted except in extraordinary situation— 1004.01
- translation of— 1004.01(b)
- use not required— 1009
- Form paragraphs— 705 – 705.01
- Fragrance as mark— 807.09 ; 1202.13
- Franchisees, use of mark by— 1201.03(e)
- Fraud— 720 ; 906.04
- Freedom of Information Act requests— 1803
- for copies of letters of protest— 1715.05
- Functionality— 1202.02(a) – 1202.02(a)(viii)
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