- Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure
- Subject Matter Index I

# Subject Matter Index I

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- Identification of goods/services— 1402
  - accuracy of— 1402.05
  - advertising services— 1402.11(i)
  - ambiguous— 1402.07(b)
  - amendment of portion— 1402.13
  - amendment permitted to clarify or limit— 1402.06 – 1402.06(b)
  - amusement apparatus— 1401.11(b)
  - association services— 1402.11(c)
  - award programs— 1402.11(j)
  - bonus programs— 1402.11(h)
  - broad terms in— 1402.03 ; 1402.03(a)
  - certification mark— 1306.02(c)
  - charitable services— 1402.11(d)
  - clarification of— 1402.06 – 1402.06(b)
  - classification— 1401
  - collective membership mark application— 1304.02(c)
  - components or ingredients— 1402.05(a)
  - computer programs and software, recorded or downloadable— 1402.03(d)
  - computer services— 1402.11(a)
  - consulting services— 1402.11(e)
  - date of changes to USPTO ID manual— 1401.13
  - deletion of items from— 1104.10(b)(iii) ; 1107 ; 1108.02(d) ; 1109.13 ; 1402.06(a) ; 1604.09(b) ; 1609.03 ; 1613.09(b) ; 1716.04(d)
  - dietetic substances— 1401.11(d)
  - distribution of video tapes, audio tapes, and videodiscs— 1402.11(f)
  - electric/electrothermic goods— 1401.11(a)
  - entitlement to filing date with respect to— 202.02 ; 1402.02
  - final refusal pertaining to— 714.05(a)(ii)
  - food additives— 1401.05(e) ; 1401.11(c)
  - “full line of”— 1402.03(c) ; 1902.02(f)(i)
  - game-playing apparatus— 1401.11(b)
  - general guidelines— 1402.01(a)
  - geographical indication terminology appearing in— 1402.03(g)
  - gift baskets— 1401.05(a) ; 1902.02(g)(iii)
  - house mark— 1402.03(b) ; 1902.02(f)(i)
  - identical language in more than one class not permitted— 1401.05(c)
  - in amendment to allege use— 1104.10(b)(iii)
  - in international application— 1902.02(f) – 1902.02(f)(ii)
  - in request for extension of time to file statement of use— 1108.02(d)
  - in response to IB notice of irregularity— 1902.07(c)(ii)
  - in statement of use— 1109.13
  - in §44 application may not exceed scope of those in foreign registration— 1012 ; 1402.01(b)
  - in §66(a) application— 1402.01(c) ; 1904.02(c) – (c)(v)
  - inappropriate in collective membership mark application— 1304.02(c)
  - inclusive terminology in— 1402.03(a)
  - industry terms— 1402.03(f)
  - information services— 1402.11(b)
  - kits— 1401.05(a) ; 1902.02(g)(iii)
  - lawful use— 1401.14(f)
  - limitation of list of goods/services in international registration— 1904.02(e)(ii) ; 1904.03(g) ; 1904.15 ; 1906.01 ; 1906.01(e)
  - limiting by amendment — 1402.06 – 1402.06(a)
  - location of— 1402.01(d)
  - manual of acceptable identifications— 1402.04
  - marketing services— 1401.11(e) ; 1402.11(j)
  - marketing and advertising— 1402.11(i)
  - meal replacements— 1401.11(d)
  - medical vs. non-medical goods— 1401.05(b)
  - moving goods/services between companion applications— 1402.08
  - negative language in— 1402.06(a)
  - online publications— 1402.11(a)(x)
  - “ordinary-meaning” test for determining scope of— 1402.07(a)
  - parenthesis and brackets should not be used in— 707.02 ; 1402.12
  - printed publications, downloadable or recorded— 1402.03(e) ; 1402.11(a)(x)
  - recorded entertainment services— 1402.11(g)
  - registered marks appearing in— 1402.09
  - scope of, for amendment purposes— 1402.07 ; 1402.07(d) ; 1402.07(e)
  - services— 1402.11
  - specificity of terms in— 1402.01 ; 1402.03 ; 1402.03(d) ; 1402.03(e)
  - systems— 1401.05(d)
  - trademark protection system terminology appearing in— 1402.03(g)
  - trademarks/service marks appearing in— 1402.09
  - unacceptable amendments— 1402.15
  - unambiguous— 1402.07(c)
- Immoral or scandalous matter— 1203.01
- Improper use of registration notice— 906.02
- Inadvertently issued registration— 1109.15(a) ; 1503.04 ; 1609.10(a) ; 1904.14
- Incomplete application materials— 204 – 204.03
- Incomplete response to Office action— 611.05(a) – 611.05(c) ; 718.03 – 718.03(b) ; 1713.01 – 1713.02 ; 1714.01(f)(ii)(A)
- Incontestability
  - affidavit of (§15) ( See Affidavit of incontestability)
  - effect in examination— 1216.02
- Indexing against recorded document not permitted— 503.07
- Individual as applicant
  - citizenship of— 803.04
  - doing business under assumed name— 803.02 ; 803.02(a)
  - name of— 803.02 ; 803.02(a)
- Individual, living, name or likeness of ( See Consent to register by living individual)
- Individuals who may practice before Office in trademark matters— 602 – 602.03(c)
- Informal application materials— 204 – 204.03
- Informal communications with examining attorney— 304.01 ; 709.04 ; 709.05
- Information, examining attorney’s request for— 814
- Informational matter
  - as mark— 1202.04 ; 1301.02(a)
  - in drawing, deletion of— 807.12(b) ; 807.12(c) ; 807.13(b) ; 807.14(a)
- Initial examination
- must be complete— 704.01
- of intent-to-use applications— 1102 – 1102.04
- Inquiry
  - by examining attorney— 814
  - from Congressional office— 1802
  - from member of press— 1804
  - from third party regarding ex parte matter— 1806
  - general inquiries from public— 1805
  - letter of, with respect to suspended application— 716.05
  - regarding status of pending matters— 108 – 108.03 ; 1705.05
- Insignia, refusal to register mark comprising— 1204
- Inspection of Office records— 109 – 109.03 ; 503.08
- Institutions, defined for purposes of §2(a)— 1203.03(a)(ii)
- “Insurance” extension of time to file statement of use— 1108.03 – 1108.03(a) ; 1109.16(c) – 1109.06(d)
- Intent-to-use applications ( See also Amendment to allege use, Notice of allowance, Request for extension of time to file statement of use, and Statement of use)
  - allegation of use required prior to registration— 1103
  - assignment of— 501.01(a)
  - averments— 804.02 ; 806.01(b) ; 1101
  - distinctiveness under §2(f)— 1212.09
  - initial examination of:
    - color marks— 1202.05(h)
    - configuration— 1202.02(d)
    - drawings— 807.12(a) ; 1102.02 ; 1104.10(b)(vi) ; 1109.12
    - for use as mark— 704.01 ; 1102 – 1102.01
    - identification of goods/services— 1104.10(b)(iii) ; 1108.02(d) ; 1109.13
    - ornamentation— 1202.03(e)
    - product design or packaging— 1202.02(d)
    - publication of— 1105
    - Supplemental Register— 1102.03
    - trade dress— 1202.02(d)
    - under §§1, 2(a), 2(b), 2(c), 2(d), 2(e)— 1102.01
- Inter-American Convention— 1001 ; Appendix B
- Interference, petition to declare— 1208.03 – 1208.03(c) ; 1507
- “Internal inconsistencies,” amendment of drawing to cure not permitted— 807.14(d)
- International Alphabetical List— 1401.02(c)
- International applications for registration— 1902 – 1902.07(f)
  - certification by USPTO— 1902.03
  - classification in— 1902.02(g) – 1902.02(g)(iii)
  - color claim— 1902.02(e)
  - description of mark— 1902.02(k)
  - drawing— 1902.02(d)
  - examination by IB— 1902.06
  - fee for— 1902.02(i)
  - form for filing— 1902.02(a)
  - identification of goods and services— 1902.02(f) – 1902.02(f)(ii)
  - irregularities in— 1902.07 – 1902.07(f)
  - requirements for complete international application— 1902.05
  - requirements for date of receipt in USPTO— 1902.02
- International Bureau— 1900 (introductory text)
- International fees— 1903.02
- International registrations— 1901
  - application for— 1902 – 1902.07(f)
  - as basis for §44 application— 1016
  - cancellation of, by International Bureau— 1904.08 ; 1906.01(e)
  - central attack— 1902.09
  - changes to— 1906.01 – 1906.01(i)
  - correction of— 1904.03(f) ; 1904.14 ; 1906.01(f)
  - date of— 1902.04
  - dividing— 1906.01(a)(iv)
  - in general— 1901
  - invalidation— 1904.07
  - limitation in list of goods/services— 1904.03(g) ; 1904.15 ; 1906.01(e)
  - renewal of— 1905
  - restriction of holder’s rights of disposal— 1906.01(b)
  - who can file— 1902.01
- International trademark agreements— 1001 ; Appendix B
- Internet domain names, marks comprising— 1209.03(m) ; 1215 – 1215.10
- Internet evidence— 710.01(b)
- Interruption of U.S. Postal Service— 303 ; 305.04
- Interview with applicant or attorney— 709 – 709.06

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