Table 15. Summary of Trademark Examining Activities



	United States Patent and Trademark Office

Performance and Accountability Report Fiscal Year 2001
Other Accompanying Information > Workload Tables

Summary of Trademark Examining Activities for Fiscal Years 1997 through 2001

TABLE 15

SUMMARY OF TRADEMARK EXAMINING ACTIVITIES
(FY 1997 - FY 2001)

ITEM

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

Applications for Registration:

Applications including Additional Classes

224,355

232,384

295,165

375,428

296,388

Applications Filed

188,080

193,034

240,308

296,490

232,939

Disposal of Trademark Applications:

Registrations including Additional Classes

112,509

106,279

104,324

127,794

124,502

Abandonments including Additional Classes

64,409

71,838

77,184

101,099

142,973

Trademark First Actions including Additional Classes

226,651

238,191

338,937

352,325

464,618

Applications Approved for Publication including Additional Classes

149,721

145,209

181,366

203,251

235,419

Certificates of Registration Issued: /1

1946 Act Principal Register

60,416

56,730

57,046

73,888

61,152

Principal Register ITU-Statements of Use Registered

33,131

29,287

26,810

27,170

36,188

1946 Act Supplemental Register

3,747

3,617

3,918

5,325

4,974

Total Certificates of Registration

97,294

89,634

87,774

106,383

102,314

Renewal of Registration:*

Section 9 Applications Filed

6,720

7,413

7,944

24,435

24,174

Section 8 Applications Filed**

n/a

24,099

24,167

Registrations Renewed

7,389

6,504

6,280

8,821

31,477

Affidavits, Sec. 8/15:

Affidavits Filed

20,781

33,231

33,104

28,920

33,547

Affidavits Disposed

24,533

26,199

29,119

28,894

37,092

Amendments to Allege Use Filed

7,292

6,955

3,554

8,971

8,582

Statements of Use Filed

31,784

37,060

34,367

36,119

47,811

Notice of Allowance Issued

80,693

78,072

82,940

120,177

120,166

Total Active Certificates of Registration

839,071

901,805

931,273

1,020,126

1,063,164

Pendency - Average Months:

Between Filing and Examiner's First Action

6.4

7.2

4.6

5.7

2.7

Between Filing, Registration (Use Applications) Abandonments, and NOA's

16.9

17.8

18.9

17.3

17.8

Between Filing and Issuing a NOA (Intent to Use Applications)

16.3

17.8

18.9

16.0

16.4

1/ With the exception of Certificates of Registration, Renewal of Registration, Affidavits filed under Section 8/15 and 12(c), the workload count includes extra classes.
*Renewal of registration is required beginning 10 years following registration concurrent with 20 year renewals coming due.
**Section 8 Affidavit is required for filing a renewal beginning October 30, 1999 (FY 2000) with the implementation of the Trademark Law Treaty.

Workload Sources:
Applications Filed are taken from the TRAMPY10AR01 Report.
Registration and Post Registration data is taken from the TRAM Megaspec TMIIMC38-PO1 and TMIIFY15-PO1 Report.
Abandonments are taken from the TRAM TMIIMR08 - PO1 Report.
First Actions and Approvals for Publication are taken from the TRAM Progress Summary Report.
Pendency is taken from the TRAM Examination Pendency Plus Suspended/Inter Partes Cases TMIIPE05-PO3.
Statements of Use are taken from the TRAM TMIIFY20-PO1 Report.
Notices of Allowance Issued are taken from the TMAM TMIIFY25-PO1 Report.
Total Active TM registrations are taken from the TMIIXS40-01TRAM Data Base Statistics report.

- Represents zero.
1/ "Applications filed" refers simply to the number of individual trademark applications received by the PTO. There are, however, 47 different classes of items in which a trademark may be registered. An application must request registration in at least one class, but may request registration in multiple classes. Each class application must be individually researched for registerability. "Applications filed, including additional classes" reflects this fact, and therefore more accurately reflects the Trademark business workload. With the exception of Certificates of Registration, Renewal of Registration, Affidavits filed under Section 8/15 and 12(c), the workload count includes extra classes.