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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