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TEAS Forms

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bullet INITIAL APPLICATION FORM Trademark/Servicemark Application, Principal Register
Trademark/Servicemark Application, Supplemental Register
Certification Mark Application, Principal Register
Collective Membership Mark Application, Principal Register
Collective Trademark/Servicemark Application, Principal Register

To apply to register a trademark/servicemark, Principal Register, or other type of mark

bullet RESPONSE FORMS Response to Office Action Form
Request for Reconsideration after Final Office Action Form
Response to Suspension Inquiry or Letter of Suspension
Substitute Trademark/Servicemark Application, Principal Register
Substitute certification mark
Substitute collective membership mark
Substitute collective trademark/servicemark
Response to ITU Office action
Response to Post Registration Office action
Response to Petition to Revive Deficiency Letter
Response to Petition to Director Inquiry Letter

To respond to: a Law Office examining attorney letter (an "Office action") (a non-final or final action, including a suspension inquiry/letter of suspension or a request to submit a "substitute form" where the wrong form type was initially filed); an Intent-to-Use Unit Office action; a Post-Registration Division Office action; a Petitions Office letter

bullet INTENT-TO-USE (ITU) FORMS ("File a PRE-registration form") Statement of Use/Amendment to Allege Use for Intent-to-Use Application
Request for Extension of Time to File a Statement of Use

To file a Statement of Use (SOU) and convert an ITU application to actual use after a notice of allowance (NOA) issues; or to file an extension request after a NOA issues; or to file an Amendment to Allege Use (AAU) and convert an ITU application to actual use before a NOA issues

bullet POST-PUBLICATION/POST NOTICE OF ALLOWANCE (NOA) FORMS Post-Publication Amendment Form
Request to Delete Section 1(b) Basis, Intent-to-Use

To request amendment soon after an application has published or a notice of allowance (NOA) has issued; or to delete a Section 1(b) basis after a NOA issues

bullet CORRESPONDENCE AND ATTORNEY/DOMESTIC REPRESENTATIVE FORMS Change of Correspondence Address Form
Change of Owner's Address Form
Change of Domestic Representative's Address
Withdrawal of Attorney
Request to Withdraw as Domestic Representative
Revocation of Attorney/Domestic Representative and/or Appointment of Attorney/Domestic Representative
Replacement of Attorney of Record with Another Already-Appointed Attorney

To file: a change of correspondence address, a change of owner's address, or a change of domestic representative's address; a withdrawal of attorney or domestic representative; a revocation/appointment of attorney/domestic representative; a request to replace attorney of record with another already-appointed attorney

bullet PETITION FORMS Petition to Revive Abandoned Application - Failure to Respond Timely to Office Action
Petition to Revive Abandoned Application - Failure to File Timely Statement of Use or Extension Request
2.146 Petition to the Director
Petition to Make Special
Request to Make Special
2.66 Due Diligence Petition
Petition to Amend Basis Post-Publication
Petition for Post-Registration Matter
Letter of Protest

To file: a petition to revive an abandoned application; a petition to amend the basis of an application after publication; a petition to the Director under Trademark Rules 2.146 and 2.148; a letter of protest and similar matters

bullet MISCELLANEOUS FORMS Preliminary Amendment
Request for Express Abandonment (Withdrawal) of Application
Request to Divide Application

To file: a preliminary amendment before the examining attorney reviews the application; a request that the application examination process be terminated (an "express abandonment"); a request to divide an application NOT filed with an allegation of use (to file WITH an allegation of use, see the overall category "Intent-to-Use (ITU) Forms," above)

bullet REGISTRATION MAINTENANCE/RENEWAL FORMS Combined declaration of use & incontestability under Sections 8 & 15
Declaration of Use and/or Excusable Nonuse of a Mark under Section 8
Combined Declaration of Use and/or Excusable Nonuse/Application for Renewal under Sections 8 & 9
Declaration of Incontestability of a Mark under Section 15
Section 7 Request for Amendment or Correction of Registration Certificate
Surrender of Registration for cancellation
Request to Divide Registration
Section 12(c) Affidavit
Declaration of Use and Excusable Nonuse under Section 71

To make required maintenance filings between the 5th and 6th year after the registration date (Section 8) and between the 9th and 10th year after the registration date (Section 8 & 9); to claim that a mark is now incontestable (Section 15); to request amendment or correction of a registration certificate (Section 7); to surrender a registration; to request to divide a registration; to file a Section 12(c) affidavit; to submit the required maintenance filings under Section 71 for a registered extension of protection (Madrid Protocol)

bullet ASSIGNMENT FORMS
To file: assignments; change of name; other conveyances of title

bullet TRADEMARK TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD FORMS
To file all submissions to the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board; e.g., oppositions, cancellations, notices of appeal after final actions

bullet MADRID PROTOCOL FORMS Application for International Registration
Subsequent Designation
Response to a Notice of Irregularity
Replacement Request
Transformation Request

To file: an application for International Registration; a subsequent designation ; a response to notice of irregularity; a request for replacement or transformation

OTHER RESOURCES

      bullet TEAS Technical Information: background technical help
      bullet TEAS Tutorial: step-by-step approach for a new application
      bullet Preview Pages: screenshots of all new application pages
      bullet Electronic Filing Tips: best practices for filing electronically
      bullet TEAS FAQs: most commonly asked questions/answers
      bullet TEAS Up-Coming Enhancements: highlight of future plans

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