Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure (TMEP)
Chapter 1500: Post-Examination Procedures
October 2017 Edition of the TMEP
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
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
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