- Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure
- Subject Matter Index R

# Subject Matter Index R

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- Reasonable time between signing and filing papers— 804.03 ; 1104.10(b)(ii) ; 1108.02(b) ; 1109.11(c)
- Receipt, filing— 401.01
- Receipt, postcard, permitted paper filings— 303.02(c)
- Reciprocal registration rights— 1002.03 ; Appendix B
- Recognition as a Representative— 604 – 604.03
- Reconsideration after final action— 715.03 – 715.04(b) ; 1501.02(a)
- Reconsideration of Board decision, request for, by examining attorney— 1501.07
- Reconsideration of decision on petition— 1705.08
- Recordation date— 503.05
- Recorded documents ( See also Assignment, recordation of)
  - automatic update of trademark database after recordation— 504 – 504.04
  - correction of errors in— 503.06 – 503.06(f)
  - effect of— 503.01 – 503.01(e)
  - electronic submission of requests to record documents— 503.04
  - indexing against, not permitted— 503.07
  - notifying Trademark Operation of— 505
  - original documents should not be submitted — 503.03(b)
  - request to update ownership after recordation— 505.01 ; 505.02
  - requests for copies of— 503.08
  - requirements— 503.03 – 503.03(e)
  - searching— 104 ; 503.08
- Red Crescent— 1205.01 ; 1205.01(a) – 1205.01(a)(vi)
- Red Cross— 1205.01 ; 1205.01(c) – 1205.01(c)(iv)
- Red Crystal— 1205.01 ; 1205.01(a) – 1205.01(a)(vi)
- Reexamination— 1716 – 1716.04(h)
  - basis— 1716.02(a)
  - consolidating proceedings— 1716.03(b)
  - cancellation of the registration— 1716.04(e)
  - co-pending proceedings— 1716.04(h)
  - deleting goods and/or services— 1716.04(d)
  - evidence of use or excusable nonuse— 1716.04(c)
  - estoppel— 1716.04(g)
  - instituting proceedings— 1716.03
  - final action— 1716.04(e)
  - notice of institution and Office action— 1716.04(a)
  - notice of petition— 1716.02(d)
  - notice of termination— 1716.04(e)
  - petition for— 1716.02 – 1716.02(b)
  - prima facie case of nonuse— 1716.03(a)
  - procedures for reexamination proceedings— 1716.04
  - reasonable investigation— 1716.02(c) – 1716.02(c)(i)
  - reinstatement after cancellation for failure to respond— 1716.04(f)
  - responding to Office action— 1716.04(b)
  - sources of information and evidence— 1716.02(c)(ii)
  - surrendering the registration— 1716.04(d)
  - suspension pending disposition of expungement proceeding— 716.02(j)
  - timing— 1716.01
- Refund of fees— 405.04 ; 810.02
  - for informal application— 204.01
- Refusal of registration
  - absence of lawful use— 907
  - amendment to Supplemental Register after— 714.05(a)(i) ; 816.04 ; 1209.02(a)(i) ; 1202.19(e)(iii)
  - as to fewer than all classes in combined application— 718.02(a) ; 1403.04
  - characters in creative works— 1202.10 – 1202.10(a)
  - coat of arms— 1204 – 1204.05
  - compliance with other statutes— 907
  - based on inadequate response to request for additional information— 814
  - deceptive matter— 1203.02 – 1203.02(g) ; 1210.05(a) – 1210.05(e) ; 1210.06(b)
  - descriptiveness— 1209.01(b) ; 1209.02 – 1209.02(b)
  - disparagement— 1203.03(b) – 1203.03(b)(ii)
  - duplicate registrations— 703
  - failure to function as a mark— 1202
  - false suggestion of a connection— 1203.03(c) – 1203.03(c)(iii)
  - flag, coat of arms or insignia— 1204 – 1204.05
  - functionality— 1202.02(a) – 1202.02(a)(viii)
  - generic matter— 1209.01(c) – 1209.01(c)(iii)
  - geographic descriptiveness— 1210 – 1210.01(a) ; 1210.02 – 1210.04(d) ; 1210.06 – 1210.06(a) ; 1210.07 – 1210.10
  - geographic misdescriptiveness— 1210.01(b) ; 1210.05(a) – 1210.05(e) ; 1210.06(b)
  - goods in trade— 1202.06 – 1202.06(c)
  - grade designations— 1202.16 – 1202.16(c)(v)(B)
  - immoral or scandalous matter— 1203.01
  - in §66(a) application— 711.02 ; 714.05(b) ; 1904.03(a) – 1904.03(e)
  - incapable matter— 705.01 ; 815.04 ; 1202.03 ; 1202.04 ; 1202.17(e)(i) ; 1202.19(e)(ii)
  - informational matter— 1202.04
  - language in examining attorney's letter— 705.01
  - likelihood of confusion ( See also Likelihood of confusion)— 1207 – 1207.03
  - matter protected by statute or convention— 1205 – 1205.02
  - model designations— 1202.16 – 1202.16(c)(v)(A)
  - name of artist or author— 1202.09 – 1202.09(b)
  - name, portrait or signature of living individual or deceased United States president without consent ( See also Consent to register by living individual)— 1206 – 1206.05
  - nondistinctive configuration— 1202.02(b) – 1202.02(b)(ii)
  - of request for extension of protection of international registration— 711.02 ; 714.05(b) ; 1904.03(a) – 1904.03(e)
  - ornamentation— 1202.03 – 1202.03(g)
  - ownership ( See Ownership of mark)
  - repeating-pattern marks— 1202.19 – 1202.19(k)
  - res judicata— 1217
  - specimen unacceptable— 904.07 – 904.07(b)(i)
  - surname, primarily merely a— 1211 – 1211.02(b)(vii)
  - title of a single creative work— 1202.08 – 1202.08(f)
  - trade name— 1202.01
  - universal symbols— 1202.17 – 1202.17(e)(vi)
  - use as a service mark— 1301.02 – 1301.02(f) ; 1301.04(g)(i) – 1301.04(g)(ii) ; 1301.04(j)
  - use as a trademark— 1202 – 1202.19
  - varietal names— 1202.12
- Refusal, final ( See Final refusal)
- Register ( See Principal Register and Supplemental Register)
- Register indicated on certificate of registration— 1601.07
- Registered extension of protection of international registration to the United States ( See also Extension of protection of international registration to the United States and Section 66(a))
  - affidavit of continued use or excusable nonuse— 1613 – 1613.21(d) ; 1904.07(b) ; 1904.10
  - affidavit of incontestability— 1605. – 1605.06 ; 1904.11
  - amendment of identification of goods/services— 1402.01(c) ; 1609.01(a) ; 1609.03 ; 1904.02(c) – (c)(iv) ; 1906.01(i)
  - amendment of mark not permitted— 807.13(b) ; 1609.02 ; 1904.02(j) ; 1906.01(i)
  - assignability of— 501.01(b)
  - assignee, issuance of registration certificate in name of— 502.02(b) ; 502.03
  - assignment of— 501.01(b) ; 501.07 ; 502.01 ; 502.02(b) ; 502.03 ; 503.03(a) ; 503.05 ; 1904.06
    - basis— 806.01(e) ; 806.03(k) ; 1505.02(f) ; 1904.01(a)
  - can be amended under §7 only in limited circumstances— 1609.01(a)
  - cancellation of, by IB— 1904.08
  - certificate of registration— 1904.05
  - certificate of registration, issuance in name of new owner— 502.02(b) ; 502.03
  - claim of acquired distinctiveness— 1212.08
  - classification of goods and services— 1304.02(d) ; 1306.02(d) ; 1401.03(d) ; 1402.01(c) ; 1403.02 ; 1403.02(b) – 1403.02(c) ; 1505.02(b) ; 1609.04 ; 1904.02(b) ; 1904.02(c) – 1904.02(c)(v)
  - concurrent use registration not permitted— 1207.04(b)
  - constructive use— 1904.01(g)
  - correction of errors— 1904.02(e)(i) ; 1904.03(f) ; 1904.13 ; 1904.13(b) ; 1904.14 ; 1906.01(f)
  - dividing— 1110.11 ; 1403.03 ; 1615.02
  - establishing right to take action— 502.01
  - filing receipt— 401.01
  - identification of goods and services— 1304.02(c) ; 1306.02(c) ; 1402.01(c) ; 1609.01(a) ; 1609.03 ; 1904.02(c) – 1904.02(c)(v) ; 1906.01(i)
  - incontestability, affidavit of— 1605.01 ; 1904.11
  - invalidation — 1904.07 – 1904.07(d)
  - issuance of registration certificate in name of new owner— 502.02(b) ; 502.03
  - jurisdiction— 1504.04 ; 1904.02(l)
  - limitation in list of goods/services— 1904.02(e)(ii) ; 1904.03(a) ; 1904.15 ; 1906.01(e)
  - mark cannot be amended— 807.13(b) ; 1609.01(a) ; 1609.02 ; 1904.02(j) ; 1904.02(k) ; 1904.14 ; 1906.01(i)
  - ownership, change of— 501.01(b) ; 501.07 ; 502.01 ; 502.02(b) ; 502.03 ; 503.03(a) ; 503.05 ; 504.04 ; 1904.06 ; 1906.01(a) – 1906.01(a)(iii)
  - ownership, in general— 501 – 501.07 ; 502 – 502.03 ; 1201 – 1201.07 ; 1904.06 ; 1906.01(a) – 1906.01(a)(iii)
  - priority claim— 206.02 ; 806.01(e) ; 1904.01(e) ; 1904.09(b)
  - recording change of ownership— 503.02 – 503.03(a) ; 503.04 – 503.05 ; 1904.06 ; 1906.01(a) – 1906.01(a)(iii)
  - refusal — 711.02 ; 714.05 ; 714.05(b) ; 1904.03 – 1904.03(g) ; 1904.04
  - remains part of international registration— 1904.05
  - remand— 1504.02 ; 1504.04 ; 1504.05
  - renewal — 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) ; 1904.02(d)
  - Supplemental Register, not registrable on— 801.02(b) ; 815 ; 816.01 ; 816.04 ; 1904.02(f)
  - transformation — 1904.09 – 1904.09(b)
  - use not required— 901 ; 1904.01(d)
  - verification— 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) ; 1904.02(d)
  - when representation required
    - when representation required — 601.01(a) ; 1612.02
- Registration as correct type of mark— 1306.06(c)
- Registration certificate ( See Certificate of registration)
- Registration notice
  - improper use of— 906.02
  - provided for in 15 U.S.C. §1111 — 906
  - symbolizing foreign registration— 906.01
- Registration, amendment of mark in— 1609.02 – 1609.02(g)
- Registration, division of— 1615 – 1615.02
- Registration, reinstatement of registration cancelled or expired due to Office error— 1712.02(a)
- Reinstatement
  - of inadvertently abandoned application due to Office error— 1712.01
  - registrations cancelled or expired due to Office error— 1712.02(a)
  - of registrations cancelled for failure to respond in an expungement or reexamination proceeding— 1716.04(f)
- Reissuing of Office action— 717 – 717.02
- Related applications ( See also Companion applications and Conflicting applications)— 702.03 – 702.03(b)
- Related company
  - common stockholders, directors, officers— 1201.03(c)
  - control with respect to use by— 1201.03
  - definition of— 1201.03
  - distributor— 1201.06(a)
  - first use of mark by— 903.05
  - importer— 1201.06(a)
  - licensees and franchisees— 1201.03(e)
  - reference to, in §1(b) applicant— 1201.03(a)
  - sister corporations— 1201.03(d)
  - use by— 903.05 ; 1201.03 – 1201.03(e)
  - use solely by— 1201.03(a)
  - wholly owned— 1201.03(b)
  - with respect to likelihood of confusion— 1201.07 – 1201.07(b)(iv)
- Remand to examining attorney from Trademark Trial and Appeal Board— 1501 ; 1504.05
- Renewal ( See also Renewal, application for)
  - of international registrations— 1602.01 ; 1606.01(b) ; 1614 ; 1905
  - of registered extension of protection— 1602.01 ; 1606.01(b) ; 1614 ; 1905
  - of registrations issued under Act of 1920— 1602.03 ; 1606 – 1606.15
  - of registrations issued under Act of 1946— 1602.01 ; 1606 – 1606.15
  - of registrations issued under Acts of 1881 and 1905— 1602.02 ; 1606 – 1606.15
- Renewal, application for— 1606 – 1606.15
  - appeal to federal court— 1606.14(d)
  - by owner of international registration— 1602.01 ; 1606.01(b) ; 1614 ; 1905
  - by registrant not domiciled in United States— 1606.10
  - combined with §8 affidavit— 1606.15
  - deficiencies, correction of— 1606.05(b) ; 1606.13 – 1606.13(c)
  - domestic representative, designation of— 1606.10
  - execution of— 1606.07
  - fee for filing— 1606.05 – 1606.05(c)
  - form for filing— 1606.04
  - goods/services/classes set forth in— 1606.08 – 1606.08(d)
  - grace period— 1606.03 ; 1606.05(b)
  - Office action upon examination of— 1606.11
  - ownership and who may file— 1606.06
  - petition to Director— 1606.14 – 1606.14(c)
  - premature filing of— 1606.03(a)
  - recourse after refusal— 1606.14 – 1606.14(c)
  - requirements for— 1606.04
  - response to Office action— 1606.12
  - signature of— 1606.07
  - specimen not required— 1606.09
  - term of— 1602 – 1602.03
  - time for filing— 1606.03 – 1606.03(a)
  - untimely filing cannot be cured— 1606.13(c) ; 1712.02(a)
  - use, declaration of use not required— 1606.09
  - who may file— 1606.06
- Repeal of prior trademark acts— 1601.02
- Repeating-pattern marks— 1202.19 – 1202.19(k)
  - drawing requirements for— 1202.19(a) – 1202.19(a)(iv)
  - failure to function— 1202.19(e) – 1202.19(f)(ii)
  - functional— 1202.19(i)
  - mark descriptions for— 1202.19(b)
  - material alteration of— 1202.19(c) – 1202.19(c)(v)
  - random patterns— 1202.19(j)
  - refusals— 1202.19(e) – 1202.19(h)
  - specimens for— 1202.19(d)
  - swatch-type drawings for— 1202.19(a)(iii)
- Replacement— 1616 ; 1904.12
- Reply brief in ex parte appeal— 1501.02(c)
- Representation by attorney or other authorized individual— 602 – 602.03(c)
- Representation required ( See Requirement for Representation)
- Reproduction of mark ( See Drawings)
- Republication— 1505.03 – 1505.03(b)
- Request for extension of protection of international registration to the United States ( See Extension of protection of international registration to the United States, Registered extension of protection of international registration to the United States, and Section 66(a))
- Request for extension of time to file statement of use— 1108 – 1108.05
  - bona fide intention to use the mark in commerce— 1101 ; 1108.02(e)
  - fee for filing— 1108.02(c)
  - filing in conjunction with or after statement of use— 1108.03 – 1108.03(a)
  - form for filing— 1108
  - good cause for— 1108.02(f)
  - hand delivery of— 1108
  - identification of goods/services in— 1108.02(d)
  - “insurance” extension request— 1108.03 – 1108.03(a)
  - minimum filing requirements— 1108.04
  - ownership— 1108.02(a)
  - recourse after denial— 1108.04 ; 1108.05
  - requirements for— 1108.02 – 1108.02(h)
  - time for filing— 1108.01
  - verification— 1108.02(b)
- Request for extension of time to oppose— 1503.04
- Request for information from applicant— 814
- Request to divide— 1110 – 1110.12
  - division of application— 1110 – 1110.11(a)
  - division of application subject to Board proceeding— 1110.09
  - division of application under §44— 1110.10
  - division of application under §66(a)— 1110.11 – 1110.11(a)
  - division of multiple class application— 1110.08 ; 1403.03
  - division of registration— 1615 – 1615.02
  - fee for— 1110.02
  - form and processing of— 1110.04
  - outstanding deadlines apply to applications created by— 1110.05
  - signature of— 1110.06
  - time for filing— 1110.03
  - when response to Office action is due— 1110.05 ; 1110.08
  - when statement of use is due— 1110.07
- Requirement for representation— 601 ; 1013 ; 1505.01(a) ; 1612.02 ; 1705.07(a) ; 1712.01 ; 1712.02(a) ; 1716.04(a) ; 1904.01(i)
- Requirements for receiving filing date for application— 202 – 202.03(a)
- Reregistration of marks registered under prior acts— 1601.03
- Res judicata— 1217
- Resignation of examining attorney— 702.01
- Response to IB notice of irregularity of international application for registration— 1902.07 – 1902.07(f)
- Response to Office action
  - deadline for— 310 ; 711 – 711.02
  - incomplete— 611.05 – 611.05(c) ; 718.03 – 718.03(b) ; 1713.01 – 1713.02 ; 1714.01(f)(ii) – 1714.01(f)(ii)(A)
  - must be signed— 712 – 712.03
  - persons who can sign— 611.03(b) ; 611.06 – 611.06(h) ; 712.01
  - signed by unauthorized party— 608.01 ; 611.05 – 611.05(c) ; 712.03
  - unsigned— 712.02
- Restoration of filing date— 1711
- Restriction of holder’s right to dispose of international registration— 1906.01(b)
- Return of application materials not entitled to a filing date— 204.01
- Returned correspondence— 403 ; 717.01
- Revival ( See Petition to revive abandoned application)
- Revived or reinstated application, examination of— 718.07 ; 1208.01(d)
- Revocation of power of attorney— 606

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