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Office Actions

When the USPTO reviews your trademark application, one of three things will happen.
  1. ​The examiner will find no reason to refuse your mark and your application will proceed to publication for opposition
  2. The examiner will identify a non-substantive reason to refuse your registration and issue an office action
  3. ​​The examiner will identify a substantive reason to refuse your registration and issue an office action


​What is an Office Action?
When many applicants receive an Office Action, they panic and assume that they have no hope of registering their trademark.  An Office Action is simply a notice from the USPTO that there is some reason the examiner cannot allow your application to proceed without further information.

​Some Office Actions are non-substantive.  For example, the examiner may want you to disclaim a certain portion of the mark because it is common to many marks in a particular field.  Others are substantive, such as a refusal to register the mark because it is confusingly similar to another registered mark.

​Regardless of the reason for the refusal, an applicant must respond to an Office Action within 6 months or the application will be abandoned.  ​We can help.  Many refusals for both non-substantive and substantive reasons can be overcome​
​ by a skilled trademark attorney. 

​If we filed your application, we will review the Office Action when it issues and evaluate the examiner's reasoning.  We will then provide you with a quote to complete a response on your behalf.  Upon your approval and payment, we will prepare a response to the Office Action including the arguments and legal bases as to why the examiner's refusal is improper.

​If we did not file your application, simply provide us with the serial number of the application and we will review the Office Action and provide you with a quote to complete a response on your behalf.
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