TMEP Subject Matter Index - S

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• Sanctions
  • delegation of authority— 1701
  • for abusive or threatening behavior— 709.07
  • for unauthorized practice before the USPTO— 608.02
• Scandalous matter ( See Immoral or scandalous matter)
• Scent as mark— 807.09; 904.03(m); 1202.13
• Scope of identification of goods and services for purposes of amendment— 1402.07– 1402.07(e)
• “Search clause”— 704.02
• Search facility for public trademark— 104
• Search of trademark applications and registrations— 104
• Search room, trademark assignment— 503.08
• Search, by examining attorney— 206.04; 704.02; 718.07; 1904.09(b)
• Secondary meaning ( See Acquired distinctiveness (§2(f)) claim)
• Secondary source— 1202.03(c)
• Section 2(f) claim ( See Acquired distinctiveness (§2(f)) claim)
• Section 8 affidavit ( See Affidavit of continued use or excusable nonuse (§8))
• Section 15 affidavit ( See Affidavit of incontestability)
• Section 44 ( See also Foreign registration, application based on ownership of and Priority claim in §44(d) application and Priority under §44(d), application claiming)
  • applications for Supplemental Register under— 1014
  • assignment of applications under— 1006
  • claim of acquired distinctiveness in application under— 1010
  • eligible applicants, under— 1002– 1002.05
  • international trademark agreements implemented by— 1001
  • sections of publications, marks that identify— 1202.07– 1202.07(b)
• Section 66(a) application ( See also Extension of protection of international registration to the United States and Registered extension of protection of international registration to the United States)
  • amendment of identification of goods/services— 1402.01(c); 1609.01(a); 1904.02(c)– 1904.02(c)(v); 1906.01(i)
  • amendment of mark not permitted— 807.13(b); 1609.02; 1904.02(j); 1906.01(i)
  • amendment to Supplemental Register not permitted— 801.02(b); 815; 816.01; 816.04; 1904.02(f)
  • assignability of— 501.01(b)
  • assignee, issuance of registration certificate in name of— 502.02(b)
  • assignment of— 501.01(b); 501.07; 502.01; 502.02(b); 503.03(a); 503.05; 1904.06; 1906.01(a)– 1906.01(a)(iii)
  • basis— 806.01(e); 806.03(k); 1505.02(f); 1904.01(a)
  • cancellation of, by IB— 1904.08
  • cannot be based on USPTO application— 1904.01(h)
  • certificate of registration— 1904.05
  • certificate of registration, issuance in name of new owner— 502.02(b); 502.03
  • certification and collective marks— 1904.02(d)
  • claim of acquired distinctiveness— 1212.08
  • classification of goods and services— 1401.03(d); 1403.02; 1403.02(b)– 1403.02(c); 1505.02(b); 1609.04; 1904.02(b)
  • concurrent use registration not permitted— 1207.04(b)
  • constructive use— 1904.01(g)
  • correction of errors— 1904.03(f); 1904.13; 1904.13(b); 1904.14; 1906.01(f)
  • correspondence address— 609.01(a); 1904.02(i)
  • declaration of intent to use required— 804.05; 1904.01(c); 1904.02(d)
  • description of mark— 808.03(b); 1904.02(k)
  • dividing— 1110.11– 1110.11(a); 1615.02
  • domicile address, updating of— 609.01(a)
  • drawing— 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(j); 1904.02(k)
  • email address— 601.01(a); 609.01(a); 803.05(b); 1904.01(j)
  • establishing right to take action— 502.01
  • examination of— 1904.02– 1904.09(b)
  • express abandonment of— 718.01
  • filing basis— 806.01(e); 806.03(k); 1303.01(a)(v); 1304.02(a)(v); 1306.02(a)(v); 1505.02(f); 1904.01(a)
  • filing date— 201; 202– 202.01; 203; 1904.01(b)
  • filing fee— 202.03; 810– 810.01; 1110.11(a); 1401.04; 1401.04(b); 1904.01(f)
  • filing receipt— 401.01
  • identification of goods and services— 1401.03(d); 1402.01(c); 1609.01(a); 1609.03; 1904.02(b); 1904.02(c)– 1904.02(c)(v); 1906.01(i)
  • invalidation of— 1904.07– 1904.07(d)
  • issuance of registration certificate in name of new owner— 502.02(b); 502.03
  • jurisdiction— 1504.04– 1504.04(a); 1904.02(l)
  • limitation in list of goods/services— 1904.02(e)(ii); 1904.03(g); 1904.15; 1906.01(e)
  • mark cannot be amended— 807.03(g)– 807.03(h); 807.13(b); 1904.02(j); 1906.01(i)
  • must be filed by holder of international registration— 1201
  • notice of refusal— 711.03; 714.05(b); 1904.03– 1904.03(g); 1904.04
  • Office actions, issuing— 1904.02(h)
  • opposition— 1503.01; 1503.04– 1503.05; 1504.02; 1504.04; 1504.05; 1904.04
  • ownership, change of— 501.01(b); 501.07; 502.01; 502.02(b); 503.03(a); 503.05; 1904.06; 1906.01(a)– 1906.01(a)(iii); 1906.01(c)
  • ownership, in general— 501– 501.07; 502– 502.03; 1201– 1201.07(b)(iv); 1904.06
  • priority claim— 206.02; 1904.01(e)
  • recording change of ownership— 503.05; 1904.06; 1906.01(a)– 1906.01(a)(iii)
  • refusal of— 711.03; 714.05(b); 1904.03– 1904.04
  • remains part of international registration— 1904.05
  • remand— 1504.02; 1504.04; 1504.05
  • renewal of— 1602.01; 1606.01(b); 1614; 1905
  • replacement— 1616; 1904.12
  • signature— 804.04; 804.05; 1303.01(a)(v); 1303.01(b)(ii); 1304.02(a)(v); 1304.02(b)(ii); 1306.02(a)(v); 1306.02(b)(ii); 1904.01(c)
  • Supplemental Register, amendment to not a new issue— 714.05(a)(i)
  • Supplemental Register, not registrable on— 801.02(b); 815; 816.01; 816.04; 1904.02(f)
  • suspension pending disposition of request filed with the IB— 716.02(g)
  • transformation of— 1904.09– 1904.09(b)
  • use not required— 901; 1904.01(d)
  • verification— 804; 804.04; 804.05; 1303.01(a)(v); 1303.01(b); 1303.01(b)(ii); 1304.02(a)(v); 1304.02(b)(ii); 1306.02(a)(v); 1306.02(b)(ii); 1904.01(c); 1904.02(d)
  • when representation required— 601.01(a); 1904.01(i)
• Section 71 affidavit— 1613– 1613.21(d); 1904.10
• Security interest agreements, recording of— 503.02
• Serial number— 401.02
• Series code— 401.02
• Service mark
  • character or personal name— 1202.09(a)– 1202.10; 1301.02(b)
  • computer software— 1301.02(f)
  • definition of— 1301; 1301.02
  • functional matter— 1202.02(a)(vii)
  • identification and classification of services— 1301.05; 1401– 1401.13; 1402.11– 1402.11(k)
  • informational matter— 1301.02(a)
  • matter that does not function as— 1301.02(a)
  • menu item for restaurant— 1301.02(a)
  • ornamental matter— 1301.02(a)
  • process, system or method— 1301.02(e)
  • product used in performing service— 1301.02(a)
  • radio and television program, title of— 1301.02(d)
  • specimens of use— 1301.04– 1301.04(j)
  • system, process or method— 1301.02(e)
  • three-dimensional— 1202.02(a)(vii); 1202.02(b)(ii); 1301.02(c)
  • use in commerce— 1301.03– 1301.03(b)
  • what is a— 1301.02– 1301.02(f)
• Service, what is a— 1301.01– 1301.01(b)(vi)
  • contests and promotional activities— 1301.01(b)(i)
  • criteria for determining what constitutes— 1301.01(a)– 1301.01(a)(iii)
  • informational services ancillary to sale of goods— 1301.01(b)(v)
  • investment, soliciting— 1301.01(b)(iv)
  • promotional services— 1215.02(b); 1301.01(a)(ii); 1301.01(b)(i)
  • publishing— 1301.01(b)(iii)
  • warranty or guarantee of repair— 1301.01(b)(ii)
• Services
  • classification of— 1301.05; 1401– 1401.13
  • identification of— 1402.11– 1402.11(k)
• Shape as mark
  • background designs and shapes as mark— 1202.11
  • product and container configurations— 1202.02(a)– 1202.02(f)(ii)
• Signature ( See also Verification of application)
  • as certification— 611.01(a)
  • by association— 611.06(f); 804.04
  • by corporation— 611.06(d); 804.04
  • by foreign corporate-type entity— 611.06(e); 804.04
  • by joint applicants— 611.02– 611.02(a); 611.06(a); 804.04
  • by joint venture— 611.06(c); 804.04
  • by limited liability company— 611.06(g); 803.03(h); 804.04
  • by limited liability partnership— 611036(h)
  • by partnership— 611.06(b); 804.04
  • by someone other than applicant or applicant’s attorney— 611.05– 611.05(c)
  • by unincorporated association— 611.06(f)
  • date of— 804.03; 1104.10(b)(ii); 1108.02(b); 1109.11(c)
  • electronic— 611.01(c)
  • examples of authorized and unauthorized signatories— 611.04
  • must be personally signed— 611.01(b)– 611.01(c); 611.02– 611.02(a); 611.03– 611.03(i); 712– 712.03; 804.01(b); 804.04
  • of amendments and responses— 611.02– 611.02(a); 611.03(b); 611.05– 611.05(c); 712.01
  • of applicant ( See Verification of application)
  • of application for registration, persons who can sign— 804.04
  • of correction, amendment, or surrender of registration— 611.03(f)
  • of correspondence address change request in an application or registration— 609.02(b); 611.02; 611.03(i)
  • of documents filed in USPTO— 611– 611.05(c)
  • of domestic representative designation and representation— 610; 611.03(h)
  • of electronically filed documents— 611.01(c)
  • of letter of express abandonment— 608.01; 611.02; 611.05; 718.01
  • of petition to Director— 611.02– 611.02(a); 611.03(e); 1705.07
  • of petition to revive— 611.03(d); 1705.07; 1714.01(e)
  • of powers of attorney and revocations of powers of attorney— 606; 611.03(c)
  • of renewal applications— 611.03(g); 1606.07
  • of request to divide— 611.02– 611.02(a); 611.03(b); 1110.06
  • of response to Office action— 608.01; 611.02– 611.02(a); 611.03(b); 712– 712.03
  • persons who can sign verification on behalf of applicant— 804.04
  • persons who may sign response— 712.01
  • requirements for— 611.01(b)
  • using document-signing software— 611.01(c)(i)– (ii)
• Single creative work, title of— 1202.08– 1202.08(f); 1301.02(d)
• “Single source” (related companies)— 1201.07– 1201.07(b)(iv)
• Size of mark on drawing— 807.05(c); 807.06(a)
• Slogans
  • disclaimers with respect to— 1213.05(b)(i)
  • registrability of— 1202.03(f)(i); 1202.04; 1301.02(a)
• Sole proprietorship as applicant— 803.03(a)
• Sound marks— 807.09; 904.03(f); 1202.15
• “Special” applications ( See also Petition to make “special”)— 702.02
• Special form drawing— 807.04– 807.04(b)
  • also referred to as “ink drawing”— 807.04– 807.04(b)
  • characteristics of— 807.04(a)
  • correction of— 807.15– 807.16
  • mark drawing code— 807.18
  • size limitations for— 807.05(c); 807.06(a)
  • when required— 807.04(b)
• Specimens
  • affidavit of use of— 904.05
  • agreement with mark on drawing— 807.12– 807.12(e); 1215.02(c); 1306.04(a)
  • beta versions— 904.03(e); 904.03(i)(D); 1301.03(a)
  • bulky— 904.02(b)
  • catalogs— 904.03(h)
  • certification mark— 1306.02(a)(i)(B); 1306.05(b)(iii); 1306.04(c); 1306.04(d)– 1306.04(d)(ii); 1306.05(b)(iii)
  • collective membership mark— 1304.02(a)(i)(C); 1304.03(b)– 1304.03(b)(ii)
  • collective trademark and collective service mark, confusion with trademark or service mark— 1303.02(b)
  • commercial packaging— 904.03(c)
  • deferral of examination in multiple-basis application— 806.02(c)
  • digitally created/altered or mockup— 904.04(a)(i)– 904.04(a)(iii)
  • displays associated with goods— 904.03(g)
  • electronic and digital media attachments— 904.03(d)
  • electronic displays— 904.03(i)– 904.03(i)(D)
  • electronically filed— 904.02(a); 1104.10(b)(v); 1109.09(b); 1604.12(b)
  • facsimiles— 904.02(b)
  • for amendment to allege use— 1104.10(b)(v)
  • for color marks— 904.02(c)(ii); 1202.05(f)
  • for combined application ( See Specimen, multiple-class application)
  • for computer programs, movies, videos, or audio recordings— 904.03(e)
  • for downloadable computersoftware— 904.03(e)
  • for flavor marks— 904.03(m)
  • for motion marks— 904.03(l)
  • for publications— 904.02(c)(iii)
  • for scent marks— 904.03(m)
  • for statement of use— 1109.09(b)
  • impracticable to place mark on goods, packaging, or displays— 904.03(k)
  • labels— 904.03(a)
  • manuals— 904.03(j)
  • multiple-class application— 904.01; 904.01(b); 1402.03(c); 1403.01; 1403.02(b)
  • musical score— 904.03(f); 1202.15
  • number of— 904.01– 904.01(b)
  • other materials required for examination— 904.02(c)(i)
  • package inserts— 904.04(c)
  • paper filed— 904.02(b)
  • parties named on-Office no longer inquires as to relationship with applicant— 1201.04
  • physical form of— 904.02– 904.02(b)
  • service mark— 1301.04– 1301.04(j)
  • sound marks— 904.03(f)
  • stampings— 904.03(b)
  • statutory refusals— 904.07– 904.07(b)(i); 1301.04(g)– 1301.04(g)(ii); 1304.03(b)– 1304.03(b)(ii); 1306.04(d)– 1306.04(d)(ii)
  • substitute ( See Substitute specimens)
  • tags— 904.03
  • trademark— 904.03– 904.04(c)
  • translation of matter on— 904.06
  • use, affidavit of— 904.05
• Standard character drawings— 807.03– 807.03(i)
  • and foreign registration— 807.03(f); Appendix E
  • and specimen of use— 807.03(e)
  • changing to or from special form may be material alteration— 807.03(d); 807.14– 807.14(f)
  • combined with other elements— 807.03(c)
  • format unclear— 807.03(h)
  • in §44 application— 807.03(f)
  • in §66(a) application— 807.03(b); 807.03(g)– 807.03(h)
  • list of— 807.03(b)
  • mark drawing code— 807.18
  • requirements for— 807.03(a)
• Standard character list— 807.03(b)
• Stare decisis— 1217
• Statement of use
  • approval of— 1109.18
  • black-out period— 1103; 1104.03(b)
  • classification, amendment of— 1109.14
  • clear-error standard in examining— 706.01; 1109.08
  • correcting defects— 1109.16– 1109.16(e)
  • date of execution— 1109.11(c)
  • dates of use— 1109.09(a)
  • dates of use, amendment of— 903.04; 1109.09(a)
  • discrepancies between dates of use and execution dates— 903.06(a)
  • drawing— 1109.12
  • examination of— 1109.07– 1109.08; 1109.16(b)
  • execution of— 1109.11– 1109.11(d)
  • extension of time to file ( See Request for extension of time to file statement of use)
  • failure to file within time permitted— 718.04; 1109.04
  • fee for filing— 1109.15– 1109.15(a)
  • form of— 1109.05
  • hand delivery of— 1109.05
  • identification of goods/services in— 1109.13
  • may not be withdrawn— 1109.17
  • minimum requirements for— 1109.01
  • minimum requirements, review for compliance with— 1109.02
  • necessary elements of— 1109.06
  • ownership— 1109.10
  • petition to review refusal— 1109.02(a)
  • recourse after refusal— 1109.16(e)
  • requirements for— 1109.06
  • response to Office action— 1109.16(d)
  • signature of— 804.04; 1109.11– 1109.11(d)
  • specimens for— 1109.09(b)
  • time for filing— 1109.04
  • use in commerce— 1109.09
  • use on all goods/services required before filing— 1109.03
  • verification of— 804.04; 1109.11– 1109.11(d)
  • withdrawal prohibited— 1109.17
• Status inquiries— 108– 108.03; 1705.05
  • Internet information— 108.01
  • personal telephone assistance— 108.02
  • duty to monitor status— 108.03; 1705.05
• Statutory authority for examination— 701
• Statutory averments in application for registration— 804.02; 804.05; 1303.01(b)– 1303.01(b)(ii); 1304.02(b)– 1304.02(b)(ii); 1306.02(b)– 1306.02(b)(ii)
• Stippling on drawing— 808.01(b)
• Subpoena received by Office employee— 1801.01
• Subsequent designations— 1902.08– 1902.08(e)
• Substitute drawing— 807.15; 807.18
• Substitute specimens
  • affidavit supporting— 904.05
  • for amendment to allege use— 1104.10(b)(v)
  • for statement of use— 1109.09(b)
  • in response to refusal for failure to show the applied-for mark functioning as a mark— 714.05(f)
  • in response to refusal for failure to show use of the mark in commerce— 714.05(e)
  • may require amendment of dates of use— 904.05
  • requirements for substitute specimens and statutory refusals— 904.07– 904.07(b)(i)
• Supervisory authority of Director— 1707
• Supplemental Register
  • allegation of use filed with amendment to— 714.05(a)(i); 1102.03
  • amendment of application to— 816– 816.05
  • applications for— 815– 815.04
  • intent-to-use applications— 206.01; 714.05(a)(i); 1102.03
  • marks eligible for Principal Register not registrable on— 815.01
  • not an admission that mark has not acquired distinctiveness— 815.03
  • refusal of incapable matter— 815.04
  • request for extension of protection of international registration, not eligible— 801.02(b); 815; 816.01; 816.04; 1904.02(f)
  • required elements— 815.02
• Surname, primarily merely a— 1211– 1211.02(b)(vii)
  • combined with additional matter— 1211.01(b)– 1211.01(b)(viii)
  • combined with domain name— 1211.01(b)(vii); 1215.03
  • combined with initials— 1211.01(b)(iii)
  • combined with legal or familial entity designation— 1211.01(b)(viii)
  • combined with title— 1211.01(b)(iv)
  • combined with wording— 1211.01(b)(vi)
  • doctrine of foreign equivalents— 1211.01(a)(vii)
  • double surname— 1211.01(b)(i)
  • evidence supporting refusal— 1211.02– 1211.02(b)(vii)
  • fame of mark evidence— 1211.02(b)(vii)
  • geographical significance— 1211.01(a)(iii)
  • historical place or person— 1211.01(a)(iv)
  • LexisNexis® research database evidence— 710.01(a); 1211.02(b)(ii)
  • “look and feel” of a surname— 1211.01(a)(vi)
  • negative dictionary evidence— 1211.01(a)(vii); 1211.02(b)(vi)
  • non-surname significance— 1211.01(a)– 1211.01(a)(vi)
  • ordinary language meaning— 1211.01(a)(i)
  • person associated with application, surname of— 1211.02(b)(iv)
  • phonetic equivalent— 1211.01(a)(ii)
  • plural— 1211.01(b)(v)
  • possessive— 1211.01(b)(v)
  • rare— 1211.01(a)(v)
  • specimens confirming surname significance of term— 1211.02(b)(v)
  • stylization— 1211.01(b)(ii)
  • telephone directory listings— 1211.02(b)(i)– 1211.02(b)(iii)
  • U.S. census database evidence— 1211.02(b)(iii)
• Surrender of registration for cancellation— 1608; 1904.07(c)
• Suspended cases checked by examining attorney— 716.04
• Suspension of action by Office
  • after final action— 716.06
  • circumstances where appropriate— 716.02– 716.02(l)
  • letter of inquiry regarding— 716.05
  • notice of— 716.01
  • pending cancellation or expiration of cited registration— 716.02(e)
  • pending correction of or limitation to international registration— 716.02(g)
  • pending decision on petition — 716.02; 1705.06
  • pending decision on petition to waive domicile address requirement— 716.02(l)
  • pending disposition of earlier-filed application— 716.02(c)
  • pending disposition of expungement or reexamination proceedings— 716.02(j)
  • pending disposition of post registration audit— 716.02(k)
  • pending disposition of request filed with the IB— 716.02(g)
  • pending expiration of “insurance” extension request— 716.02(f)
  • pending inter partes or court proceeding— 716.02(d)
  • pending receipt of foreign registration— 716.02(b); 1003.04(a)
  • pending receipt of proof of renewal of foreign registration— 716.02(b); 1004.01(a)
  • request to remove— 716.03
• Suspension of practitioner from practice before USPTO— 608.02
• Suspension, removal of application from— 716.03; 716.06
• Swiss Confederation Coat of Arms & Swiss Flag— 1205.01(d)– 1205.01(d)(iv)

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