Current trademark processing wait times

If you have an application, response, or other filing that hasn't been assigned or reviewed yet, we understand your frustration.

Customers filed new applications and trademark registration maintenance documents in record numbers in 2021. As we work through this surge of filings, you may experience longer than normal wait times in the following circumstances:

• New application in the Trademark Status & Document Retrieval (TSDR) system and Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS) system
  Initial applications generally appear on the TSDR documents tab in about a week. However, if you're filing an application under Madrid Protocol and your trademark has a design or stylization, such as stylized wording or an image, your application may take a little longer.
  
  
• New application assigned to attorney
  With the huge surge in filings, our unexamined application inventory is much larger, and it is taking longer than usual to examine new applications. See the current first action pendency information in the chart below.
  
  
• Post Registration
  Processing post-registration maintenance filings may take longer than usual.
  
  

We're taking action to shorten average wait times and will update wait time information to reflect any changes. Since it takes time to track new wait time data, you may see that our information is generally one month behind. The published data below is the most current data available.

Sometimes your wait time will be less than the average, and sometimes it will be longer than the average. You can help shorten your wait time by following these tips to avoiding processing delays. Filing a complete and accurate initial application, response form, and post registration form can help speed up the process.

We appreciate your patience with us as we address the surge in filings, and apologize for any inconvenience these delays may cause.

Customers with a specific technical question about their TEAS application can contact our TEAS team directly at TEAS@uspto.gov.

Customers with an urgent question about a filing or the status of their application or registration may contact the Trademark Assistance Center at 1-800-786-9199 (select option 1).

Trademark New Applications average processing wait times
Trademark New Applications	As of February 2023	Target
First Action	8.5 months	8.5 months
Disposal	14.4 months	14.5 months

Current Trademark processing wait times
Trademark Processing Times	As of February 2023	Target
Pre-Examination Unit
TEAS	14 days	10 days
MADRID	1 day	10 days
Examination Support Unit (ESU)
Amendments/Corrections	75 days	14 days
Intent to use
Extension requests	12 days	15 days
Statement of use	13 days	15 days
Divisional requests	18 days	15 days
Petitions Office
Letters of protest	20 days	60 days
Post Registration
Affidavits of Use/Incontestability	131 days	30 days
Renewals	132 days	30 days
Amendments/C​orrections	113 days	30 days
Assignment
ETAS	26 days	2 days
Fax	14 day	10 days
Paper	14 days	14 days