Chapter 1500

Post-Examination Procedures

1501 Appeal to Trademark Trial and Appeal Board

1501.01 Appealable Matter

1501.02 Appeal Briefs

1501.02(a) Applicant’s Appeal Brief

1501.02(b) Examining Attorney’s Appeal Brief

1501.02(c) Reply Briefs in Ex Parte Appeals

1501.03 Withdrawal of Refusal or Requirement After Appeal

1501.04 Fee for Appeal

1501.05 Amendment During Appeal

1501.06 Amendment After Decision on Appeal

1501.07 Examining Attorney’s Request for Reconsideration

1502 Publication in Trademark Official Gazette

1502.01 Notification of Clerical Errors in Trademark Official Gazette

1503 Opposition

1503.01 Filing a Notice of Opposition

1503.02 Joining Persons in an Opposition

1503.03 Time for Opposing

1503.04 Extension of Time to Oppose

1503.05 Opposition to §66(a) Applications

1504 Jurisdiction over Application

1504.01 Jurisdiction of Examining Attorney

1504.02 Jurisdiction of Trademark Trial and Appeal Board

1504.03 Action By Examining Attorney After Publication

1504.04 Restoration of Jurisdiction to Examining Attorney by Director

1504.04(a) Request for Jurisdiction

1504.05 Remand to Examining Attorney by Trademark Trial and Appeal Board

1504.05(a) Request for Remand

1505 Amendments Filed by Applicants After Publication

1505.01 Procedures for Processing Amendments Filed by the Applicant After Publication

1505.01(a) Form and Timing of Amendments

1505.01(b) Processing Amendments to §§1(a), 44, and 66(a) Applications in Cases Where No Opposition Has Been Filed and a Registration Certificate Has Not Yet Issued

1505.01(b)(i) Acceptable Amendments

1505.01(b)(ii) Unacceptable Amendments

1505.01(c) Processing Amendments to §1(b) Applications In Cases Where No Opposition Has Been Filed and No Notice of Allowance Has Issued

1505.01(c)(i) Acceptable Amendments

1505.01(c)(ii) Unacceptable Amendments

1505.01(d) Processing Amendments Filed Between Issuance of the Notice of Allowance and Filing of Statement of Use

1505.01(e) Processing Amendments in Cases Where a Request for Extension of Time to Oppose Has Been Filed or Granted

1505.01(f) Processing Amendments in Cases Where an Opposition Has Been Filed

1505.02 Types of Amendments After Publication

1505.02(a) Amendments to the Identification of Goods or Services

1505.02(b) Amendments to Classification

1505.02(c) Amendments to Marks

1505.02(d) Amendments to the Dates of Use

1505.02(e) Amendments Adding or Deleting Disclaimers

1505.02(f) Amendment of the Basis

1505.02(g) Amendments to the Applicant’s Name, Citizenship, or Entity Type

1505.03 Republication for Opposition

1505.03(a) When Republication is Required

1505.03(b) When Republication is Not Required

1506 Concurrent Use Registration Proceeding

1507 Interference