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  • Date
    • of filing ( See Filing date (application) and “Office Date” label)
    • of first use in commerce— 903.02
    • of first use of mark— 903.01
    • of notarization of application— 804.01(a)
    • of signing of §2.20 declaration in application— 804.01(a); 804.01(b); 804.03
  • Date stamp ( See “Office Date” label)
  • Dates of use ( See also Date of first use in commerce and Date of first use of mark)
    • amending— 903.04; 1609.07
    • apparent discrepancies in— 903.06(a)
    • in allegation of use, may be earlier than application filing date— 903
    • in another form— 903.07
    • indefinite— 903.06
    • must be specified in amendment to allege use— 903; 1104.10(b)(iv)
    • must be specified in statement of use— 903; 1109.09(a)
    • must be specified in §1(a) application— 806.01(a); 903
    • must be verified— 903
    • pertain to at least one item in class— 903.08
    • relation between— 903.03
  • DBA designations— 803.02– 803.02(c)
  • De facto functionality— 1202.02(a)(iii)(B)
  • De jure functionality— 1202.02(a)(iii)(B)
  • Dead languages, translation of— 809.01(b)(iii); 1207.01(b)(vi); 1207.01(b)(vi)(B); 1209.03(g)
  • Deadline for response— 711– 711.03
  • Deadline for response, how to compute— 310
  • Deceptive matter— 1203; 1203.02– 1203.02(g); 1210.05– 1210.05(e)
    • amending identification of goods or services to overcome §2(a) refusal— 1203.02(e)(ii); 1203.02(f)(i); 1203.02(g)
    • case references— 1203.02(g)
    • determining materiality— 1203.02(d)
    • distinction between marks comprising deceptive matter and deceptively misdescriptive marks— 1203.02(c)
    • elements of §2(a) deceptiveness refusal— 1203.02(b)
    • marks comprising deceptive matter are not registrable— 1203.02; 1203.02(f)(ii)
    • mere personal preference— 1203.02(d)(ii)
    • objective criteria— 1203.02(d)(i)
    • procedure for issuing §2(a) deceptive refusals— 1203.02(e)– 1203.02(e)(ii)
    • types of deceptive marks— 1203.02(a)
  • Deceptively misdescriptive geographic marks— 1210; 1210.01(b); 1210.05(a)– 1210.06; 1210.06(b)
    • basis for refusal— 1210.05(a)
    • test— 1210.01(b)– 1210.01(c)
  • Deceptively misdescriptive marks— 1209.04
  • Declaration in lieu of oath— 804.01(b)
  • Declaration under §8 ( See Affidavit of continued use or excusable nonuse (§8))
  • Declaration under §71 ( See Affidavit of continued use or excusable nonuse (§71))
  • Decorum required in communications with the Office— 709.07
  • Defective application materials— 204– 204.03
  • Degrees or titles— 1304.03(b)(ii); 1306.04; 1306.04(d)(ii)
  • Delay between execution and filing of papers— 804.03; 1104.10(b)(ii); 1108.02(b); 1109.11(c)
  • Deletion
    • of items from identification— 1104.10(b)(iii); 1107; 1108.02(d); 1109.13; 1402.06(a); 1604.09(b); 1613.09(b); 1716.04(d); 1902.07(c)(ii)
    • of matter from mark on drawing— 807.14(a)
  • Deposit accounts— 405.03
  • Description of mark
    • accurate but incomplete— 808.03(c)– 808.03(c)(ii)
    • application submitted without— 808.03(b)
    • examination procedure for— 808.03– 808.03(g)
    • guidelines for requiring— 808.01
    • must be accurate and concise— 808.02
    • of color in mark— 807.07(a)(ii); 1202.05(e)
    • of location of mark on goods— 807.08; 808.01; 1202.02(c)(ii)
    • of mark comprising configuration— 808.01; 1202.02(c)(ii)
    • of mark in §66(a) application— 808.01; 1904.02(j)– 1904.02(k)
    • of sensory mark— 807.09
    • of significant aspects of the mark— 808.02
    • of three-dimensional mark— 807.10; 808.01
    • printed on registration certificate— 808.03
    • printing of— 808.03; 817; 1202.02(c)(ii)
  • published in Official Gazette— 808.03
  • Descriptiveness, geographical— 1210– 1210.09
  • Descriptiveness, mere— 1209; 1209.01– 1209.03(u)
    • “America” or “American”— 1209.03(n)
    • combined terms— 1209.03(d)
    • design, picture, or illustration— 1209.03(f)
    • domain names— 1209.03(m); 1215.04; 1215.05
    • first user— 1209.03(c)
    • foreign equivalents— 1209.03(g)
    • function or purpose— 1209.03(p)
    • incongruity— 1209.01(a); 1209.03(d); 1213.05(d)
    • intended users— 1209.03(i)
    • laudatory terms— 1209.03(k)
    • more than one meaning— 1209.03(e); 1213.05(c)
    • “National,” “International,” “Global” and “Worldwide”— 1209.03(o)
    • no dictionary listing— 1209.03(b)
    • phonetic equivalent— 1209.03(j)
    • procedure for refusal— 1209.02– 1209.02(b)
    • punctuation— 1209.03(u)
    • repetition of descriptive term— 1209.03(t)
    • retail store and distributorship services— 1209.03(r)
    • slogans— 1202.04; 1209.03(s)
    • source or provider of goods/services— 1209.03(q)
    • telephone numbers— 1209.03(l)
    • test for genericness— 1209.01(c)(i)
    • third party registrations— 1209.03(a)
  • Destruction of paper files— 109.02
  • Digitally created/altered or mockup specimens— 904.04(a)(i)– 904.04(a)(iii)
  • Diligence ( See Due diligence in monitoring status of pending matters)
  • Director, statutory authority of— 1701
  • Disclaimer
    • alliteration— 1213.05(e)
    • as to certain classes, or certain goods or services— 1213
    • compound word marks— 1213.05(a)– 1213.05(a)(ii)
    • display of mark— 1213.05(f)
    • double entendre— 1213.05(c)
    • form of— 1213.08– 1213.08(d)
    • history— 1213.01
    • hyphens and other punctuation— 1213.05(a)(ii)
    • in relation to likelihood of confusion— 1213.09; 1213.10
    • incongruity— 1209.01(a); 1213.05(d)
    • of domain name— 1215.07
    • of entire mark not permitted— 1213.06
    • of entity designations or the familial structure of an entity— 1213.03(d)
    • of foreign words— 1213.08(d)
    • of generic matter— 1213.03(b)
    • of geographic terms— 1210.06(a)– 1210.06(b)
    • of misspelled words— 1213.08(c)
    • of pictorial representations of descriptive matter— 1213.03(c)
    • of unregistrable matter in its entirety— 1213.08(b)
    • piecemeal disclaimer not permitted— 1213.08(b)
    • refusal to register because of failure to disclaim— 1213.01(b)
    • removal rather than— 1213.07
    • slogans — 1213.05(b)(i)
    • sound patterns— 1213.05(e)
    • standardized printing format for— 1213.08(a)(i)
    • telescoped words— 1213.05(a)(i)
    • trade names— 1213.04
    • unitary mark not subject to— 1213.05– 1213.05(h)
    • voluntary— 1213.01(c)
  • Disparagement— 1203.01
  • Distinctiveness of product design— 1202.02(b)(i)
  • Distinctiveness of product packaging— 1202.02(b)(ii)
  • Distinctiveness of trade dress— 1202.02(b)– 1202.02(b)(ii)
  • Distinctiveness under §2(f) ( See Acquired distinctiveness (§2(f)) claim)
  • Division
    • fee for— 1110.02
    • of application— 1110– 1110.11(a)
    • of application subject to Board proceeding— 1110.09
    • of application under §44— 1110.10
    • of application under §66(a)— 1110.11– 1110.11(a)
    • of international registration— 1906.01(a)(iv)
    • of multiple class application— 1403.03
    • of registration— 1615– 1615.02
    • time for filing— 1110.03
    • when response to Office action is due— 1110.08
    • when statement of use is due— 1110.07
  • Divisions, operating or unincorporated— 803.01; 1201.02(d)
  • Doctrine of foreign equivalents
    • ascertaining meaning of non-English wording— 809– 809.03
    • dead or obscure languages— 1207.01(b)(vi)
    • descriptiveness— 1209.03(g)
    • general— 1207.01(b)(vi)
    • genericness— 1209.03(g)
    • geographical deceptiveness— 1210.05(b)
    • geographic significance— 1210.10
    • likelihood of confusion— 1207.01(b)(vi)(A)– (b)(vi)(B)
    • "stop and translate"— 1207.01(b)(vi)
    • surname— 1211.01(a)(vii)
  • Document services ( See Patent and Trademark Copy Fulfillment Branch)
  • Documents not returned to filer— 404
  • Documents that the Office will record— 503.02
  • Domain names, marks comprising— 1209.03(m); 1215– 1215.10
    • adding or deleting TLDs— 1215.08(a)– (b)
    • agreement of mark on drawing with mark on specimen— 1215.02(c); 1215.08– 1215.08(b)
    • combined with geographic matter— 1215.06
    • combined with surname— 1211.01(b)(vii); 1215.03
    • descriptiveness— 1209.03(m); 1215.04
    • disclaimer of— 1215.07
    • effect of incontestability in ex parte examination— 1216.02
    • effect of prior applicant’s registration— 1216– 1216.02
    • for domain name registry services— 1215.02(d)– 1215.02(d)(iv)
    • generic refusals— 1209.03(m); 1215.05– 1215.05(e)
    • intent-to-use applications— 1215.02(e)
    • likelihood of confusion— 1215.09
    • material alteration— 1215.08– 1215.08(c)
    • phonetic equivalent of TLD— 1215.10
    • surnames— 1215.03
    • use applications— 1215.02(a)
    • use as a mark— 1215.02– 1215.02(e)
    • §44 and 66(a) applications— 1215.02(f)
  • Domestic representative (of party not domiciled in United States)
    • designation by applicant— 610; 811.02
    • designation by assignee— 501.04
    • designation by renewal applicant— 1606.10; 1613.14
    • with respect to affidavits under §8— 1604.14
    • with respect to proceedings before Trademark Trial and Appeal Board— 610
  • Domicile address— 803.05(a)
    • base application requirement— 819.02(a)
    • care of (c/o) address— 601.01(c)
    • checking for petition to Director to waive requirement— 601.01(c)(v)
    • determining— 601.01
    • determining acceptability— 601.01(c)(i)
    • hiding— 601.01(e)
    • in response to a requirement— 601.01(c)(ii)– (iii)
    • mail forwarding service— 601.01(c)(i)
    • must be kept current— 601.01(d)
    • no fixed physical address— 601.01(c)(iv)
    • non-street address— 601.01(c)(i)
    • owners with non-U.S. domicile— 601.01(a)
    • owners with U.S. domicile— 601.01(b)
    • petition to Director to waive requirement— 1708.01
    • post-office box— 601.01(c)(i)
  • Drawing(s) ( See also Special form drawing and Standard character drawing)
    • agreement with foreign registration in §44 application— 807; 807.03(f); 807.07(b); 807.07(d)(ii); 807.12(b); 807.12(d)– 807.12(e); 1011.01
    • agreement with specimens— 807; 807.03(e); 807.12(a)– 807.12(a)(iii); 1215.02(c)
    • amendments ( See Amendment of mark on drawing)
    • broken lines on— 807.08; 1202.02(c)(i)– 1202.02(c)(i)(C)
    • clear drawing of— 202.01
    • code— 807.18
    • color— 807.07– 807.07(d)(iii); 1202.05(d)– 1202.05(d)(iv)
    • color lining— 807.07(g); 808.01(b); 1902.02(e)
    • deletion of matter from— 807.14(a)
    • determining when special form exists— 807.04– 807.04(b)
    • dotted lines on— 807.08; 1202.02(c)(i)– 1202.02(c)(i)(C)
    • electronically filed application— 807.05– 807.05(c)
    • examination of— 1102.02; 1104.10(b)(vi); 1109.12
    • fax transmission not permitted— 306.01
    • for sensory marks— 807.09
    • gray tones in— 807.07(d)– 807.07(d)(iii); 807.07(f)– 807.07(f)(ii)
    • in applications filed before November 2, 2003— 807.03(i); 807.07(f)
    • in §44 application— 807.03(f)– 807.03(h); 807.07(b); 807.07(d)(ii); 807.12(b); 807.12(d); 807.13(a); 1011– 1011.04
    • in §66(a) application— 807.03(b); 807.03(g)– 807.03(h); 807.07(b); 807.07(d)(iii); 807.07(f)(i); 807.12(c); 807.13(b); 1904.02(k)
    • ink ( See Special form drawing)
    • limited to mark— 807.02
    • limited to one mark— 202.01; 807.01; 1011.02
    • lining— 807.07(g); 808.01(b); 1902.02(e)
    • long marks— 807.05(a)(i); 807.06(b)
    • mark drawing code— 807.18
    • mark entered in “Mark” field of electronic application controls— 202.01; 807.01; 807.14(d)
    • mark on separate drawing page controls— 202.01; 807.01; 807.14(d)
    • motion, drawing of marks with— 807.11
    • multiple marks— 202.01; 807.01
    • multiple rendition of three dimensional mark— 807.10
    • not required for sound, scent or non-visual mark— 807.09
    • punctuation, role of— 807.12(a)(i)– 807.12(a)(iii); 807.14(c)
    • purpose of— 807
    • required for marks other than sound, scent, and other non-visual marks— 807
    • showing position of mark— 807.08
    • size of, in paper-filed applications— 807.06(a)
    • special form ( See Special form drawing)
    • standard character— 807.03– 807.03(i)
    • substitute— 807.15
    • three-dimensional marks— 807.10; 1202.02(c)(iv)
    • type of paper for— 807.06(a)
    • typed ( See Standard character drawing)
  • Dual citizenship asserted by applicant— 803.04
  • Due diligence in monitoring status of pending matters— 108.03; 1705.05; 1712.01; 1714.01(d)
  • Duplicate registrations not issued— 703
  • Duplicate documents should not be filed— 302.01
  • Duration of registration— 1602– 1602.04

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