TMEP Subject Matter Index - P

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• Paper submissions, limited exceptions— 301.01; 301.02
  • treaty-exempt filers under international agreements— 301.02(a)
  • specimens for scent, flavor, or similar non-traditional marks— 301.02(b)
  • petition to accept a paper submission— 301.02(c)
  • postal service interruptions or emergency— 301.02(d)
  • applications filed under Section 66(a)— 301.02(f)
• Papers not returnable— 404
• Paralegal may not represent parties in the USPTO— 602; 608.01; 611.02; 707.01; 708.02; 712
• Paris Convention— 1001; 1002.03; 1205.01; Appendix B
  • article 6 ter— 1205.02
• Partial abandonment— 718.02(a); 1402.13; 1403.04; 1904.03(d)
• Partial assignment— 501.06; 1110.11; 1615
• Partners, setting forth names and citizenship of— 803.03(b)
  • base application requirement— 819.02(b)
• Partnership
  • address of— 803.05
  • foreign— 803.03(b); 803.04
  • name of— 803.02(b); 803.03(b)
  • signature by— 611.06(b); 804.04
  • state or country of organization— 803.03(b); 803.04
• Patent and Trademark Copy Fulfillment Branch
  • obtaining certified copy of registration— 1601.01(b)
  • obtaining certified copy of updated registration certificate— 1608
  • obtaining trademark assignment abstracts of title— 503.08(a)
  • requesting certified or uncertified copies of trademark documents— 111; 305.01
• Patent and Trademark Resource Centers— 112
• Patents, design and utility— 1202.02(a)(v)(A)
• Payment of fees relating to international applications and registrations under the Madrid Protocol— 1903
  • international fees— 1903.02
  • USPTO fees— 1903.01
• Payment refused or charged back by financial institution— 202.03(a)– 202.03(a)(i); 405.06
• Performing artist, name of, as mark— 1202.09– 1202.09(a)(iii); 1301.02(b)
• Period for response
  • computation of— 310
  • ending on Saturday, Sunday or federal holiday— 308
  • request for extension of time to respond— 711.01– 711.01(b)
  • reset in examining attorney’s letter correcting error— 711.03
  • statutory— 711
  • time may run from date of previous action— 711.02
• Person, defined for purposes of §2(a) — 1203.03(a)(i)
• Petition decisions available to public— 110
• Petition for expungement ( See also Expungement)— 1716.02(b)
• Petition for reexamination ( See also Expungement)— 1716.02(b)
• Petition to cancel— 1607
  • in response to §2(d) refusal — 716.02(a)
• Petition to Director— 1702; 1703; 1704; 1705– 1705.09; 1706; 1707; 1708
  • after refusal of renewal— 1606.14– 1606.14(c)
  • after refusal of §8 affidavit— 1604.18– 1604.18(c)
  • appeal to federal court from— 1705.09
  • diligence— 1705.05
  • evidence and proof of facts— 1705.03
  • fee for— 1705.02
  • petitionable matter— 1704
  • procedure for— 1705– 1705.09
  • request for reconsideration of denial of— 1705.08
  • signature of— 1705.07
  • standard of review on— 1706
  • standing— 1705.01
  • stay of deadlines pending disposition of— 1705.06
  • supervisory authority— 1707
  • timeliness— 1705.04
  • to accept paper submission— 1709– 1709.03
  • to amend basis after publication— 806.03(j)– 806.03(j)(iii)
  • to make special ( See Petition to make “special”)
  • to reinstate abandoned applications— 1712.01
  • to reinstate cancelled registrations— 1712.02(a)
  • to reverse examining attorney’s holding of abandonment for incomplete response— 1713.01
  • to review denial of certification of international application— 1902.03(a)
  • to review denial of filing date— 1711
  • to revive ( See Petition to revive abandoned application)
  • to waive domicile address requirement— 1708.01
  • to waive rules— 1708
  • types of— 1703
• Petition to make “special”— 702.02; 1710
  • basis for granting or denying— 1710.01
  • fee for— 1710
  • handling of— 1710.02
  • must state facts justifying special action— 1710.
  • submission of— 1710
• Petition to revive abandoned application ( See also Unintentional delay)
  • basis for granting— 1714; 1714.01(e)
  • diligence with respect to— 1705.05; 1714.01(d)
  • fee for— 1714– 1714.01(b)
  • request for reconsideration of denial of— 1714.01(g)
  • requirements for filing— 1714.01– 1714.01(e)
  • time for filing of— 1714.01(d)
  • unintentional delay, applicability of— 1714.01(f)– 1714.01(f)(ii)(A)
  • unintentional delay, statement of— 1714.01(e)
• Petitionable subject matter— 1704
• “Phantom” elements in marks— 1214– 1214.04
• Pharmaceuticals or medicinal products— 1207.01(d)(xii); 1301.01(b)(vi)
• Piecemeal action to be avoided— 704.01
• Portrait as mark ( See Consent to register by living individual)
• Postal Service, U.S., interruptions of— 305.04
• Postcard, acknowledgment, permitted paper filings— 303.02(c)
• Power of attorney— 605.01– 605.04; 606
  • associate— 605.03
  • change of— 604.04
  • filed after registration— 605.04; 1612
  • relating to multiple applications or registrations— 605.02
  • revocation— 606
• Practice before Office in trademark matters— 602– 602.03(c)
• Predecessor in title, first use of mark by— 903.05
• Preparation of case for publication or registration— 817
• President of United States, deceased— 1206– 1206.01; 1206.04(a)
• Press inquiries— 1804
• Press releases— 904.04(b); 904.04(c); 1301.04(a)
• Previous examining attorney, examination approach of— 713.01
• Principal Register
  • advantages of registration on— 801.02(a)
  • applications for registration on— 801.02(a)
  • registration on Supplemental Register may not be amended to— 1609.09
• Prior registrations of applicant
  • effect of— 1216– 1216.02
  • identification of, in application— 812
  • “incontestability”— 1216.02
  • not controlling— 1216.01
  • printing of claim of— 812; 817
  • proving ownership of— 812.01
  • refusal under §2(d) with respect to— 812.01
• Prior trademark acts ( See also Act of 1881, Act of 1905, and Act of 1920)
  • registrations issued under— 1601.04; 1601.05; 1602.02; 1602.03
  • repeal of— 1601.02
  • reregistration of marks registered under— 1601.03
• Priority action
  • combined with examiner’s amendment— 708.05
  • defined— 708.01
  • discussion of issues and agreements— 708.02
  • elements of— 708.01
  • evidence— 708.01; 708.03; 708.04
  • form of— 708.03
  • paralegal cannot authorize— 608.01; 708.02
  • when appropriate— 708.01; 708.02; 708.04
• Priority claim in application for international registration— 1902.05
• Priority claim in request for protection of international registration to the United States— 206.02; 1904.01(e)
• Priority claim in §44(d) application
  • abandonment of foreign application— 1003.08
  • amendment of basis, priority filing date retained— 806.03(h); 806.04(b)
  • assignment of §44(d) application— 1006
  • basis for registration required— 1003.03
  • bona fide intention to use mark in commerce must be asserted— 806.01(c); 806.02(e); 1003; 1008
  • combined with other bases— 806.02(f); 1003.04(b)
  • country of origin— 1002.04
  • dividing— 1110.10
  • drawing— 1011– 1011.04
  • effect of failing to file within six months— 1003.02
  • effective filing date of— 206.02; 1003.05
  • eligible applicants— 1002.02
  • establishing entitlement under a treaty— 1002.02; 1002.03; 1002.04
  • filing under both §44(d) and §44(e) — 1003.06
  • “first-filed” requirement— 1003.01
  • identification of goods/services— 1012; 1402.01(b)
  • in multiple-basis applications— 1003.04(b)
  • inquiry as to status of foreign application— 1003.04(c)
  • more than one foreign application— 1003.07
  • must be filed within six months of foreign filing— 806.03(b); 1003.02
  • not limited to country of origin— 1002.04
  • one mark per application— 1011.02
  • ownership of foreign application— 1005
  • priority for publication of— 201.01; 1003.05
  • requirements for receiving a filing date— 202
  • requirements for §44(d) filing basis— 806.01(c)
  • retention of priority filing date without perfecting §44(e) basis— 806.03(h); 806.04(b)
  • suspension pending receipt of foreign registration— 716.02(b); 1003.04(a)
  • U.S. applicant— 1002.05
  • use not required— 1009
  • valid basis for registration required— 1003.03
• Priority for publication or issue based on effective filing date— 201.01; 1003.05; 1208.01
• “Priority Mail Express,” filing of correspondence by— 305.03
• Priority, constructive use— 201.02
• Process, system or method— 1301.02(e)
• Product design— 1202.02(b)(i); 1202.02(f)(i)
• Product packaging— 1202.02(b)(ii); 1202.02(f)(ii)
• Protest, Letter of— 1715– 1715.06
  • adversarial arguments inappropriate— 1715.01
  • appropriate subjects to be raised— 1715.01– 1715.01(b)
  • appropriate evidence— 1715.05(a)– 1715.05(c)
  • does not extend opposition period— 1715.04(d)
  • filed after publication— 1715.04
  • filed after registration— 1715.02
  • filed before publication— 1715.03
  • post-publication standard of review— 1715.04(a)
  • pre-publication standard of review— 1715.03(a)
  • recourse after denial of— 1715.07
  • requests for copies of— 1715.06
  • timely filing of— 1715.02
• Provisional refusal of 66(a) applications— 1904.02(h); 1904.03
• PTRC ( See Patent and Trademark Resource Centers)
• Public Records Division of USPTO ( See Patent and Trademark Copy Fulfillment Branch)
• Publication for opposition
  • amendments after— 806.03(j)– 806.03(j)(iii); 1505– 1505.02(g)
  • notice of— 704.01
  • of mark in intent-to-use application— 1105
• Publications, marks for
  • columns or sections, marks that identify— 1202.07– 1202.07(b)
  • identification of goods— 1402.03(e)
  • specimens for— 904.02(c)(iii)
• Publishing of information in Official Gazette and on registration certificate— 817
• Punctuation,
  • addition or deletion of— 807.14(c)
  • agreement of drawing and specimen— 807.12(a)(i)– 807.12(a)(iii); 807.14(c)
  • in determining whether a phrase or slogan is unitary— 1213.05(b)(ii)(C)
  • in mere descriptiveness analysis— 1209.03(u)
  • list of standard characters— 807.03(b)

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