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  • Facsimile transmission, filing of correspondence by— 306
  • Failure to Function— 1202; 1301.02(a)
    • background designs and shapes— 1202.11
    • color as a mark— 1202.05– 1202.05(a)
    • hashtag marks— 1202.18– 1202.18(b)
    • holograms— 1202.14
    • inconsistent goods or services— 1202.19(f)– 1202.19(f)(ii)
    • informational matter— 1202.04
    • model grade designations— 1202.16(a)
    • names of artists and authors— 1202.09(a)
    • names and designs of characters in creative works— 1202.10
    • ornamentation— 1202.03
    • product design— 1202.02(b)(i)
    • product packaging— 1202.02(b)(ii)
    • repeating pattern marks, not inherently distinctive— 1202.19(e)– 1202.19(e)(iii)
    • scent, fragrance, or flavor— 1202.13
    • service marks— 1301.02(a)
    • title of single creative work— 1202.08
    • universal symbols— 1202.17(c)– 1202.17(c)(iii)
    • varietal and cultivar names— 1202.12
  • False suggestion of connection— 1203.03(c)– 1203.03(c)(iii)
  • Family of marks— 1207.01(d)(xi)
  • Fax transmission ( See Facsimile transmission, filing of correspondence by)
  • Federal holiday, response period ending on— 308
  • Fee(s)
    • electronic funds transfer— 405.05
    • excess character ID fee— 819.04
    • for correcting irregularities in international application— 1902.07(b)(i)
    • for filing amendment to allege use— 1104.10(b)(vii)
    • for filing application— 202.03; 810– 810.02; 1401.04; 1403.01
    • for filing ex parte appeal— 1501.04
    • for filing international application— 1902.02(i); 1903.02
    • for filing multiple-class application— 810– 810.01; 1401.04; 1403.01
    • for filing notice of opposition— 1503.01
    • for filing petition for expungement— 1716.02(b)
    • for filing petition for reexamination— 1716.02(b)
    • for filing petition to revive abandoned application— 1714; 1714.01; 1714.01(a(i); 1714.01(b); 1714.01(c)
    • for filing request for extension of time to file statement of use— 1108.02(c)
    • for filing request for transformation— 1904.09(a)
    • for filing request to record changes in ownership to an international registration— 1906.01(a)(i)
    • for filing statement of use— 1109.15
    • for filing subsequent designation— 1902.08(c)
    • for recording document in Assignment Recordation Branch— 503.03(d)
    • for request to divide— 1110.02
    • free-form text ID fee— 819.03
    • international, payment of— 1903.02
    • insufficient information fee— 819.02
    • method of payment of— 405– 405.06
    • number of— 810– 810.01; 1401.04; 1403.01; 1403.05
    • refund of ( See Refund of fees)
    • refused by financial institution— 202.03(a)– 202.03(a)(i); 405.06
    • returned check— 202.03(a)– 202.03(a)(i); 405.06; 1104.01(b); 1104.10(b)(vii); 1108.02(c); 1109.15(a); 1604.06(c); 1606.05(c); 1613.06(c); 1705.02
  • Files, access to— 109– 109.03
  • Files, destruction of— 109.02
  • Files, electronic— 109.01; 109.03; 402– 402.01
  • Filing basis
    • abandonment of multiple-basis application— 806.02(d)
    • amendment after publication— 806.03(j)– 806.03(j)(iii); 1505.02(f)
    • amendment from §1(a) to §1(b)— 806.03(c)
    • amendment from §1(b) to §44— 806.03(g)
    • amendment from §44 to §1(b)— 806.03(d)
    • amendment of §66(a) basis not permitted— 806.03(k); 806.03(l); 1505.02(f); 1904.01(a)
    • amendment, effect on filing date— 806.03(h); 806.04(b)
    • amendment, verification of— 806.02(e); 806.03(i)
    • bona fide intention to use mark in commerce— 806.01(b)– 806.01(e); 806.02(e)
    • changing— 806.03– 806.03(l)
    • changing after publication— 806.03(j)– 806.03(j)(iii)
    • claim of priority under §44(d)— 806.01(c); 806.02(f); 806.03(b); 806.04(b); 1003
    • combining §1 and §44— 806.02(a); 806.02(e)– 806.02(f); 806.03(d); 806.03(f); 806.04(b)
    • combining §1(a) and §1(b)— 806.02(a)– 806.02(b); 806.03(c)
    • deletion of §1(b) basis— 806.04– 806.04(a)
    • deletion of, in general— 806.04
    • extension of protection of international registration under §66(a)— 806.01(e); 1904.01(a)
    • foreign registration under §44(e)— 806.01(d); 806.02(e); 1004– 1004.02
    • intent-to-use— 806.01(b); 806.02(b); 806.03(c)– 806.03(e); 806.03(e); 806.03(g); 806.04(a)
    • multiple— 806.02– 806.02(g)
    • must be stated in written application— 806
    • requirements for establishing— 806.01– 806.01(e)
    • review prior to publication or issue— 806.05
    • specimen, deferral of examination in multiple-basis application— 806.02(c)
    • use in commerce— 806.01(a); 806.02(b); 806.03(c)
    • when basis can be changed— 806.03(a)
  • Filing date label, permitted paper filings— 303.02(b)
  • Filing date, application
    • cancelled if minimum requirements not met— 204.01
    • change of— 204.03; 205; 1711
    • denial of— 204– 204.03; 1711
    • effective— 206– 206.04
    • in extension of protection of international registration— 1904.01(b)
    • minimum requirements for— 202– 202.03(a)(i)
    • of §66(a) application— 1904.01(b)
    • priority— 206.02; 806.01(c); 1003– 1003.02; 1003.05
    • request for restoration of— 1711
    • requirements for receiving— 202– 202.03(a)(i)
    • restoration of— 1711
    • review for compliance with minimum requirements— 203
    • review of denial of— 1711
    • section 66(a) application— 1904.01(b)
    • what constitutes— 201
  • Filing date, for correspondence (in general)— 303
  • Filing fee, application— 202.03; 810– 810.02; 1403.01
    • in §66(a) application— 202.03; 810– 810.01; 1904.01(f)
    • varies depending on whether application filed on paper or electronically— 202.03; 810; 1110.02; 1403.02(c)
  • Filing of correspondence with International Bureau— 1906– 1906.01(i)
  • Filing of permitted paper correspondence with USPTO— 305.01– 305.04
    • by courier or delivery service— 307
    • by “Priority Mail Express”— 305.03
    • by hand delivery— 307
    • by mail— 305– 305.04
    • by unauthorized individual— 608.01; 611.05– 611.05(c)
    • certificate of mailing procedure for ( See Certificate of mailing procedure)
    • time between execution and— 804.03; 1104.10(b)(ii); 1108.02(b); 1109.11(c)
  • Filing receipt— 401.01
  • Final refusal
    • action after— 715– 715.04(b)
    • for failure to provide information requested by examining attorney— 814
    • issuance of final refusal, after removal of application from suspension— 1208.02(d)
    • issuance of subsequent final refusal, after removal of application from suspension— 716.06
    • new issues requiring issuance of nonfinal action— 714.05– 714.05(c); 714.05(f); 715.03(b)
    • not permissible on first action— 714.01
    • not permissible on suspension— 714.02
    • pertaining to identification— 714.05(a)(ii)
    • pertaining to proposed amendment of drawing— 714.05(a); 807.17
    • premature— 714.06
    • proper response to— 715.01
    • request for extension of time to respond— 711.01– 711.01(b)
    • request for reconsideration after— 715.03– 715.04(b); 1714.01(a)(ii); 1714.01(f)(ii)(A)
    • statement of grounds of— 714.04
    • time for appeal runs from date of— 715.03(c); 1501
    • when appropriate— 714.03; 714.05– 714.05(f)
    • with respect to amendment to Supplemental Register— 714.05(a)(i)
    • with respect to submission of consent agreement— 714.05(d)
    • with respect to submission of substitute specimen— 714.05(e)– 714.05(f)
    • with respect to §2(f) claim— 714.05(a)(i); 1212.02(h)
  • “Firm” – in regards to applicant’s name — 803.02(b)
  • Flag, refusal to register mark comprising— 1204– 1204.01(e); 1204.03
  • Flavor as mark— 904.03(m); 1202.13
  • Foreign applicant
    • common terms designating entity of— 803.03(i); Appendix D
    • signature on behalf of— 611.06(e); 804.04– 804.05
  • Foreign attorney ( See Attorney, foreign)
  • “Foreign” commerce— 901.03
  • Foreign equivalents, doctrine of ( See Doctrine of Foreign Equivalents)
  • Foreign priority ( See Priority under §44(d), application claiming)
  • Foreign registration, application based on ownership of— 1005
    • assignment of home country application or registration— 1006
    • based on registration issued by a “common office of several states”— 1002.03
    • bona fide intention to use mark in commerce— 806.01(d); 806.02(e); 806.02(g); 1004; 1008
    • certification or certified copy of foreign registration required— 806.01(d); 1004.01
    • country of origin— 1002.04
    • dividing— 1110.10
    • drawing— 807.03(f); 807.12(b); 1011– 1011.04
    • establishing entitlement under a treaty— 1002.01; 1002.03
    • from applicant’s country of origin— 1002.04
    • identification of goods/services— 1012; 1402.01(b)
    • international registration as basis for §44 application— 1016
    • may not be filed before foreign registration has issued— 1004
    • must be in force— 1004.01(a)
    • one mark per registration— 1011.02
    • ownership of foreign registration— 1005
    • requirements for receiving a filing date— 202– 202.03(a)(i)
    • requirements for §44(e) basis— 806.01(d); 1002.01; 1004
    • specimen not required— 1009
    • standard character claim in— 807.03(f); 1011.01
    • status of foreign registration— 1004.01(a)
    • suspension pending receipt of copy of foreign registration not permitted except in extraordinary situation— 1004.01
    • translation of— 1004.01(b)
    • use not required— 1009
  • Form paragraphs— 705– 705.01
  • Fragrance as mark— 807.09; 1202.13
  • Franchisees, use of mark by— 1201.03(e)
  • Fraud— 720; 906.04
  • Freedom of Information Act requests— 1803
    • for copies of letters of protest— 1715.05
  • Functionality— 1202.02(a)– 1202.02(a)(viii)

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