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Chapter 800
Application Requirements
801.01 Single or Combined Application
801.01(a) Single (Single-Class) Application
801.01(b) Combined (Multiple-Class) Application
801.02 Principal Register or Supplemental Register
801.02(a) Act of 1946, Principal Register
801.02(b) Act of 1946, Supplemental Register
803.02(b) Partnership, Joint Venture, or Other “Firm”
803.02(c) Corporation and Association
803.03 Legal Entity of Applicant
803.03(a) Individual or Sole Proprietorship
803.03(b) Partnership, Joint Venture, or Other “Firm”
803.03(c) Corporation, Association, Organization, and Company
803.03(e) Trusts, Conservatorships, and Estates
803.03(f) Governmental Bodies and Universities
803.03(g) Banking Institutions
803.03(h) Limited Liability Companies
803.03(i) Common Terms Designating Entity of Foreign Applicants
803.03(j) Federally Recognized Indian Tribe
803.03(k) Limited Liability Partnerships
803.04 Citizenship of Applicant
803.06 Applicant May Not Be Changed
804 Verification and Signature
804.01 Form and Wording of Verification in §1 or §44 Application
804.01(a) Verification with Oath
804.01(a)(i) Verification Made in Foreign Country
804.01(b) Declaration in Lieu of Oath
804.02 Averments Required in Verification of Application for Registration - §1 or §44 Application
804.03 Time Between Execution and Filing of Documents - §1 or §44 Application
804.04 Persons Authorized to Sign Verification or Declaration
804.05 Verification of §66(a) Application
805 Identification and Classification of Goods and Services
806.01 Requirements for Establishing a Basis
806.01(a) Use in Commerce - §1(a)
806.01(b) Intent-to-Use - §1(b)
806.01(c) Foreign Priority - §44(d)
806.01(d) Foreign Registration — §44(e)
806.01(e) Extension of Protection of International Registration - §66(a)
806.02(a) Procedure for Asserting More Than One Basis
806.02(b) Applicant May File Under Both §1(a) and §1(b) in the Same Application
806.02(c) Examination of Specimens of Use in a Multiple-Basis Application
806.02(d) Abandonment of Multiple-Basis Applications
806.02(f) Section 44(d) Combined With Other Bases
806.03 Amendments to Add or Substitute a Basis
806.03(a) When Basis Can be Changed
806.03(b) Applicant May Add or Substitute a §44(d) Basis Only Within Six-Month Priority Period
806.03(c) Amendment From §1(a) to §1(b)
806.03(d) Amendment From §44 to §1(b)
806.03(e) Allegation of Use Required to Amend From §1(b) to §1(a)
806.03(g) Amendment From §1(b) to §44
806.03(h) Effect of Substitution of Basis on Application Filing Date
806.03(i) Verification of Amendment Required
806.03(j) Petition to Amend Basis After Publication - §1 or §44 Application
806.03(k) Basis Cannot be Changed in §66(a) Application
806.03(l) §66(a) Basis Cannot be Added to §1 or §44 Application
806.04(a) Deletion of §1(b) Basis After Publication or Issuance of the Notice of Allowance
806.04(b) Retention of §44(d) Priority Filing Date Without Perfecting §44(e) Basis
806.05 Review of Basis Prior to Publication or Issue
807.01 Drawing Must Show Only One Mark
807.02 Drawing Must Be Limited to Mark
807.03 Standard Character Drawings
807.03(a) Requirements for Standard Character Drawings
807.03(b) List of Standard Characters
807.03(c) Drawings Containing Both a Standard Character Claim and Designs or Other Elements
807.03(e) Standard Character Drawing and Specimen of Use
807.03(f) Standard Character Drawing and Foreign Registration
807.03(g) Drawings in “Typed” Format With No Standard Character Claim
807.03(h) Drawings Where the Format Is Unclear
807.04(a) Characteristics of Special Form Drawings
807.04(b) When Special Form Drawing is Required
807.05 Electronically Submitted Drawings
807.05(a) Standard Character Drawings Submitted Electronically
807.05(a)(i) Long Marks in Standard Character Drawings
807.05(b) Special Form Drawings Submitted Electronically
807.05(c) Requirements for Digitized Images
807.06(a) Type of Paper and Size of Mark
807.06(b) Long Marks in Standard Character Drawings
807.06(c) Separate Drawing Page Preferred
807.07(a) Requirements for Color Drawings
807.07(a)(i) Color Must Be Claimed as a Feature of the Mark
807.07(a)(ii) Applicant Must Specify the Location of the Colors Claimed
807.07(b) Color Drawings Filed Without a Color Claim
807.07(c) Color Drawings Filed With an Incorrect Color Claim
807.07(d) Color Drawings that Contain Black, White, or Gray
807.07(d)(i) Applications Under §1
807.07(d)(ii) Applications Under §44
807.07(d)(iii) Applications Under §66(a)
807.07(e) Black-and-White Drawings and Color Claims
807.07(f)(i) TEAS, TEAS Plus, and §66(a) Applications
807.07(f)(ii) Applications Filed on Paper
807.07(g) Drawings in Applications Filed Before November 2, 2003
807.08 Broken Lines to Show Placement
807.09 “Drawing” of Sound, Scent, or Non-Visual Mark
807.10 Three Dimensional Marks
807.12 Mark on Drawing Must Agree with Mark on Specimen or Foreign Registration
807.12(a) Applications Under §1 of the Trademark Act
807.12(a)(i) Role of Punctuation in Determining Whether Mark on Drawing Agrees with Mark on Specimen
807.12(a)(ii) Punctuation on the Drawing but not on the Specimen
807.12(a)(iii) Punctuation on the Specimen but not on the Drawing
807.12(b) Applications Under §44 of the Trademark Act
807.12(c) Applications Under §66(a) of the Trademark Act
807.12(d) Mutilation or Incomplete Representation of Mark
807.12(e) Compound Word Marks and Telescoped Marks
807.13(a) Amendment of Mark in Applications Under §§1 and 44
807.13(b) Mark in §66(a) Application Cannot be Amended
807.14 Material Alteration of Mark
807.14(a) Removal or Deletion of Matter from Drawing
807.14(b) Addition or Deletion of Previously Registered Matter
807.14(c) Addition or Deletion of Punctuation
807.14(d) Amendments to Correct “Internal Inconsistencies”
807.14(e) Amendments to Color Features of Marks
807.14(e)(i) Black-and-White Drawings
807.14(e)(ii) Marks that Include Color and Other Elements
807.14(f) Material Alteration: Case References
807.16 Amendment of Drawings by the USPTO
807.17 Procedures for Processing Unacceptable Amendments to Drawings
808.01 Guidelines for Requiring Description
808.01(a) Meaning of Term in Mark
808.01(b) Lining and Stippling Statements for Drawings
808.02 Description Must Be Accurate and Concise
808.03 Examination Procedure for Descriptions
808.03(a) Accurate and Complete Descriptions
808.03(b) No Description in Application
808.03(c) Accurate But Incomplete Description in Application or Amendment
808.03(c)(ii) Accurate But Incomplete Descriptions in Cases Where a Description Need Not Be Printed
808.03(d) Inaccurate Description in Application or Amendment
808.03(e) Amending Descriptions
808.03(f) Updating Design Coding
809 Translation and Transliteration of Non-English Wording in Mark
809.01(a) Inquiry/Applicant’s Response Regarding Meaning in a Foreign Language
809.01(b) Limited Exceptions to Rules for Translations
809.01(b)(i) Foreign Terms Appearing in English Dictionary
809.01(b)(ii) Foreign Articles or Prepositions Combined with English Terms
809.01(b)(iii) Words From Dead or Obscure Languages
809.02 Equivalency in Translation
809.03 Printing of Translations and Transliterations
810.01 Collection of Fees for Multiple Classes
811 Designation of Domestic Representative
812 Identification of Prior Registrations of Applicant
812.01 Proving Ownership of Prior Registrations
813 Consent to Register by Particular Living Individual Whose Name or Likeness Appears in the Mark
813.01 Statement Printed in Official Gazette and on Registration Certificate
813.01(a) Name or Likeness is That of a Living Individual
813.01(b) Name or Likeness is Not That of a Living Individual
813.01(c) Updating TRAM Database
814 Requesting Additional Information
815 Application Filed on Supplemental Register
815.01 Marks Eligible for Principal Register Not Registrable on Supplemental Register
815.04 Basis for Refusal of Registration of Matter That is Incapable
816 Amending Application to Supplemental Register
816.03 Amendment to Different Register
816.04 Amendment After Refusal
816.05 Amendment After Decision on Appeal
817 Preparation of Application for Publication or Registration
819.01 TEAS Plus Filing Requirements
819.01(b) Applicant’s Name and Address
819.01(c) Applicant’s Legal Entity and Citizenship
819.01(d) Name and Address for Paper Correspondence
819.01(e) E-mail Address and Authorization for the USPTO to Send Correspondence By E-Mail
819.01(f) Basis or Bases for Filing
819.01(f)(i) Section 1(a) - Use in Commerce
819.01(f)(ii) Section 1(b) - Intent to Use
819.01(f)(iii) Section 44(e) - Foreign Registration
819.01(g) Identification and Classification of Goods/Services
819.01(k) Description of the Mark
819.01(m) Translation and/or Transliteration
819.01(n) Multiple-Class Applications
819.01(o) Consent to Registration of Name or Portrait
819.01(p) Prior Registration of the Same Mark
819.01(q) Concurrent Use Applications
819.02 Additional Requirements for a TEAS Plus Application
819.02(a) Receipt of Communications by E-Mail
819.02(b) Additional Documents That Must be Filed Through TEAS
819.03 Adding a Class During Examination
819.04 Procedures for Payment of TEAS Plus Processing Fee Per Class