- Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure
- Subject Matter Index S

# Subject Matter Index S

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- Sanctions
  - delegation of authority— 1701
  - for abusive or threatening behavior— 709.07
  - for unauthorized practice before the USPTO— 608.02
- Scandalous matter ( See Immoral or scandalous matter)
- Scent as mark— 807.09 ; 904.03(m) ; 1202.13
- Scope of identification of goods and services for purposes of amendment— 1402.07 – 1402.07(e)
- “Search clause”— 704.02
- Search facility for public trademark— 104
- Search of trademark applications and registrations— 104
- Search room, trademark assignment— 503.08
- Search, by examining attorney— 206.04 ; 704.02 ; 718.07 ; 1904.09(b)
- Secondary meaning ( See Acquired distinctiveness (§2(f)) claim)
- Secondary source— 1202.03(c)
- Section 2(f) claim ( See Acquired distinctiveness (§2(f)) claim)
- Section 8 affidavit ( See Affidavit of continued use or excusable nonuse (§8))
- Section 15 affidavit ( See Affidavit of incontestability)
- Section 44 ( See also Foreign registration, application based on ownership of and Priority claim in §44(d) application and Priority under §44(d), application claiming)
  - applications for Supplemental Register under— 1014
  - assignment of applications under— 1006
  - claim of acquired distinctiveness in application under— 1010
  - eligible applicants, under— 1002 – 1002.05
  - international trademark agreements implemented by— 1001
  - sections of publications, marks that identify— 1202.07 – 1202.07(b)
- Section 66(a) application ( See also Extension of protection of international registration to the United States and Registered extension of protection of international registration to the United States)
  - amendment of identification of goods/services— 1402.01(c) ; 1609.01(a) ; 1904.02(c) – 1904.02(c)(v) ; 1906.01(i)
  - amendment of mark not permitted— 807.13(b) ; 1609.02 ; 1904.02(j) ; 1906.01(i)
  - amendment to Supplemental Register not permitted— 801.02(b) ; 815 ; 816.01 ; 816.04 ; 1904.02(f)
  - assignability of— 501.01(b)
  - assignee, issuance of registration certificate in name of— 502.02(b)
  - assignment of— 501.01(b) ; 501.07 ; 502.01 ; 502.02(b) ; 503.03(a) ; 503.05 ; 1904.06 ; 1906.01(a) – 1906.01(a)(iii)
  - basis— 806.01(e) ; 806.03(k) ; 1505.02(f) ; 1904.01(a)
  - cancellation of, by IB— 1904.08
  - cannot be based on USPTO application— 1904.01(h)
  - certificate of registration— 1904.05
  - certificate of registration, issuance in name of new owner— 502.02(b) ; 502.03
  - certification and collective marks— 1904.02(d)
  - claim of acquired distinctiveness— 1212.08
  - classification of goods and services— 1401.03(d) ; 1403.02 ; 1403.02(b) – 1403.02(c) ; 1505.02(b) ; 1609.04 ; 1904.02(b)
  - concurrent use registration not permitted— 1207.04(b)
  - constructive use— 1904.01(g)
  - correction of errors— 1904.03(f) ; 1904.13 ; 1904.13(b) ; 1904.14 ; 1906.01(f)
  - correspondence address— 609.01(a) ; 1904.02(i)
  - declaration of intent to use required— 804.05 ; 1904.01(c) ; 1904.02(d)
  - description of mark— 808.03(b) ; 1904.02(k)
  - dividing— 1110.11 – 1110.11(a) ; 1615.02
  - domicile address, updating of— 609.01(a)
  - drawing— 807.03(b) ; 807.03(g) – 807.03(h) ; 807.07(b) ; 807.07(d)(iii) ; 807.07(f)(i) ; 807.12(c) ; 807.13(b) ; 1904.02(j) ; 1904.02(k)
  - email address— 601.01(a) ; 609.01(a) ; 803.05(b) ; 1904.01(j)
  - establishing right to take action— 502.01
  - examination of— 1904.02 – 1904.09(b)
  - express abandonment of— 718.01
  - filing basis— 806.01(e) ; 806.03(k) ; 1303.01(a)(v) ; 1304.02(a)(v) ; 1306.02(a)(v) ; 1505.02(f) ; 1904.01(a)
  - filing date— 201 ; 202 – 202.01 ; 203 ; 1904.01(b)
  - filing fee— 202.03 ; 810 – 810.01 ; 1110.11(a) ; 1401.04 ; 1401.04(b) ; 1904.01(f)
  - filing receipt— 401.01
  - identification of goods and services— 1401.03(d) ; 1402.01(c) ; 1609.01(a) ; 1609.03 ; 1904.02(b) ; 1904.02(c) – 1904.02(c)(v) ; 1906.01(i)
  - invalidation of— 1904.07 – 1904.07(d)
  - issuance of registration certificate in name of new owner— 502.02(b) ; 502.03
  - jurisdiction— 1504.04 – 1504.04(a) ; 1904.02(l)
  - limitation in list of goods/services— 1904.02(e)(ii) ; 1904.03(g) ; 1904.15 ; 1906.01(e)
  - mark cannot be amended— 807.03(g) – 807.03(h) ; 807.13(b) ; 1904.02(j) ; 1906.01(i)
  - must be filed by holder of international registration— 1201
  - notice of refusal— 711.03 ; 714.05(b) ; 1904.03 – 1904.03(g) ; 1904.04
  - Office actions, issuing— 1904.02(h)
  - opposition— 1503.01 ; 1503.04 – 1503.05 ; 1504.02 ; 1504.04 ; 1504.05 ; 1904.04
  - ownership, change of— 501.01(b) ; 501.07 ; 502.01 ; 502.02(b) ; 503.03(a) ; 503.05 ; 1904.06 ; 1906.01(a) – 1906.01(a)(iii) ; 1906.01(c)
  - ownership, in general— 501 – 501.07 ; 502 – 502.03 ; 1201 – 1201.07(b)(iv) ; 1904.06
  - priority claim— 206.02 ; 1904.01(e)
  - recording change of ownership— 503.05 ; 1904.06 ; 1906.01(a) – 1906.01(a)(iii)
  - refusal of— 711.03 ; 714.05(b) ; 1904.03 – 1904.04
  - remains part of international registration— 1904.05
  - remand— 1504.02 ; 1504.04 ; 1504.05
  - renewal of— 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)
  - Supplemental Register, amendment to not a new issue— 714.05(a)(i)
  - Supplemental Register, not registrable on— 801.02(b) ; 815 ; 816.01 ; 816.04 ; 1904.02(f)
  - suspension pending disposition of request filed with the IB— 716.02(g)
  - transformation of— 1904.09 – 1904.09(b)
  - use not required— 901 ; 1904.01(d)
  - verification— 804 ; 804.04 ; 804.05 ; 1303.01(a)(v) ; 1303.01(b) ; 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— 601.01(a) ; 1904.01(i)
- Section 71 affidavit— 1613 – 1613.21(d) ; 1904.10
- Security interest agreements, recording of— 503.02
- Serial number— 401.02
- Series code— 401.02
- Service mark
  - character or personal name— 1202.09(a) – 1202.10 ; 1301.02(b)
  - computer software— 1301.02(f)
  - definition of— 1301 ; 1301.02
  - functional matter— 1202.02(a)(vii)
  - identification and classification of services— 1301.05 ; 1401 – 1401.13 ; 1402.11 – 1402.11(k)
  - informational matter— 1301.02(a)
  - matter that does not function as— 1301.02(a)
  - menu item for restaurant— 1301.02(a)
  - ornamental matter— 1301.02(a)
  - process, system or method— 1301.02(e)
  - product used in performing service— 1301.02(a)
  - radio and television program, title of— 1301.02(d)
  - specimens of use— 1301.04 – 1301.04(j)
  - system, process or method— 1301.02(e)
  - three-dimensional— 1202.02(a)(vii) ; 1202.02(b)(ii) ; 1301.02(c)
  - use in commerce— 1301.03 – 1301.03(b)
  - what is a— 1301.02 – 1301.02(f)
- Service, what is a— 1301.01 – 1301.01(b)(vi)
  - contests and promotional activities— 1301.01(b)(i)
  - criteria for determining what constitutes— 1301.01(a) – 1301.01(a)(iii)
  - informational services ancillary to sale of goods— 1301.01(b)(v)
  - investment, soliciting— 1301.01(b)(iv)
  - promotional services— 1215.02(b) ; 1301.01(a)(ii) ; 1301.01(b)(i)
  - publishing— 1301.01(b)(iii)
  - warranty or guarantee of repair— 1301.01(b)(ii)
- Services
  - classification of— 1301.05 ; 1401 – 1401.13
  - identification of— 1402.11 – 1402.11(k)
- Shape as mark
  - background designs and shapes as mark— 1202.11
  - product and container configurations— 1202.02(a) – 1202.02(f)(ii)
- Signature ( See also Verification of application)
  - as certification— 611.01(a)
  - by association— 611.06(f) ; 804.04
  - by corporation— 611.06(d) ; 804.04
  - by foreign corporate-type entity— 611.06(e) ; 804.04
  - by joint applicants— 611.02 – 611.02(a) ; 611.06(a) ; 804.04
  - by joint venture— 611.06(c) ; 804.04
  - by limited liability company— 611.06(g) ; 803.03(h) ; 804.04
  - by limited liability partnership— 611036(h)
  - by partnership— 611.06(b) ; 804.04
  - by someone other than applicant or applicant’s attorney— 611.05 – 611.05(c)
  - by unincorporated association— 611.06(f)
  - date of— 804.03 ; 1104.10(b)(ii) ; 1108.02(b) ; 1109.11(c)
  - electronic— 611.01(c)
  - examples of authorized and unauthorized signatories— 611.04
  - must be personally signed— 611.01(b) – 611.01(c) ; 611.02 – 611.02(a) ; 611.03 – 611.03(i) ; 712 – 712.03 ; 804.01(b) ; 804.04
  - of amendments and responses— 611.02 – 611.02(a) ; 611.03(b) ; 611.05 – 611.05(c) ; 712.01
  - of applicant ( See Verification of application)
  - of application for registration, persons who can sign— 804.04
  - of correction, amendment, or surrender of registration— 611.03(f)
  - of correspondence address change request in an application or registration— 609.02(b) ; 611.02 ; 611.03(i)
  - of documents filed in USPTO— 611 – 611.05(c)
  - of domestic representative designation and representation— 610 ; 611.03(h)
  - of electronically filed documents— 611.01(c)
  - of letter of express abandonment— 608.01 ; 611.02 ; 611.05 ; 718.01
  - of petition to Director— 611.02 – 611.02(a) ; 611.03(e) ; 1705.07
  - of petition to revive— 611.03(d) ; 1705.07 ; 1714.01(e)
  - of powers of attorney and revocations of powers of attorney— 606 ; 611.03(c)
  - of renewal applications— 611.03(g) ; 1606.07
  - of request to divide— 611.02 – 611.02(a) ; 611.03(b) ; 1110.06
  - of response to Office action— 608.01 ; 611.02 – 611.02(a) ; 611.03(b) ; 712 – 712.03
  - persons who can sign verification on behalf of applicant— 804.04
  - persons who may sign response— 712.01
  - requirements for— 611.01(b)
  - using document-signing software— 611.01(c)(i) – (ii)
- Single creative work, title of— 1202.08 – 1202.08(f) ; 1301.02(d)
- “Single source” (related companies)— 1201.07 – 1201.07(b)(iv)
- Size of mark on drawing— 807.05(c) ; 807.06(a)
- Slogans
  - disclaimers with respect to— 1213.05(b)(i)
  - registrability of— 1202.03(f)(i) ; 1202.04 ; 1301.02(a)
- Sole proprietorship as applicant— 803.03(a)
- Sound marks— 807.09 ; 904.03(f) ; 1202.15
- “Special” applications ( See also Petition to make “special”)— 702.02
- Special form drawing— 807.04 – 807.04(b)
  - also referred to as “ink drawing”— 807.04 – 807.04(b)
  - characteristics of— 807.04(a)
  - correction of— 807.15 – 807.16
  - mark drawing code— 807.18
  - size limitations for— 807.05(c) ; 807.06(a)
  - when required— 807.04(b)
- Specimens
  - affidavit of use of— 904.05
  - agreement with mark on drawing— 807.12 – 807.12(e) ; 1215.02(c) ; 1306.04(a)
  - beta versions— 904.03(e) ; 904.03(i)(D) ; 1301.03(a)
  - bulky— 904.02(b)
  - catalogs— 904.03(h)
  - certification mark— 1306.02(a)(i)(B) ; 1306.05(b)(iii) ; 1306.04(c) ; 1306.04(d) – 1306.04(d)(ii) ; 1306.05(b)(iii)
  - collective membership mark— 1304.02(a)(i)(C) ; 1304.03(b)– 1304.03(b)(ii)
  - collective trademark and collective service mark, confusion with trademark or service mark— 1303.02(b)
  - commercial packaging— 904.03(c)
  - deferral of examination in multiple-basis application— 806.02(c)
  - digitally created/altered or mockup— 904.04(a)(i) – 904.04(a)(iii)
  - displays associated with goods— 904.03(g)
  - electronic and digital media attachments— 904.03(d)
  - electronic displays— 904.03(i) – 904.03(i)(D)
  - electronically filed— 904.02(a) ; 1104.10(b)(v) ; 1109.09(b) ; 1604.12(b)
  - facsimiles— 904.02(b)
  - for amendment to allege use— 1104.10(b)(v)
  - for color marks— 904.02(c)(ii) ; 1202.05(f)
  - for combined application ( See Specimen, multiple-class application)
  - for computer programs, movies, videos, or audio recordings— 904.03(e)
  - for downloadable computersoftware— 904.03(e)
  - for flavor marks— 904.03(m)
  - for motion marks— 904.03(l)
  - for publications— 904.02(c)(iii)
  - for scent marks— 904.03(m)
  - for statement of use— 1109.09(b)
  - impracticable to place mark on goods, packaging, or displays— 904.03(k)
  - labels— 904.03(a)
  - manuals— 904.03(j)
  - multiple-class application— 904.01 ; 904.01(b) ; 1402.03(c) ; 1403.01 ; 1403.02(b)
  - musical score— 904.03(f) ; 1202.15
  - number of— 904.01 – 904.01(b)
  - other materials required for examination— 904.02(c)(i)
  - package inserts— 904.04(c)
  - paper filed— 904.02(b)
  - parties named on-Office no longer inquires as to relationship with applicant— 1201.04
  - physical form of— 904.02 – 904.02(b)
  - service mark— 1301.04 – 1301.04(j)
  - sound marks— 904.03(f)
  - stampings— 904.03(b)
  - statutory refusals— 904.07 – 904.07(b)(i) ; 1301.04(g) – 1301.04(g)(ii) ; 1304.03(b) – 1304.03(b)(ii) ; 1306.04(d) – 1306.04(d)(ii)
  - substitute ( See Substitute specimens)
  - tags— 904.03
  - trademark— 904.03 – 904.04(c)
  - translation of matter on— 904.06
  - use, affidavit of— 904.05
- Standard character drawings— 807.03 – 807.03(i)
  - and foreign registration— 807.03(f) ; Appendix E
  - and specimen of use— 807.03(e)
  - changing to or from special form may be material alteration— 807.03(d) ; 807.14 – 807.14(f)
  - combined with other elements— 807.03(c)
  - format unclear— 807.03(h)
  - in §44 application— 807.03(f)
  - in §66(a) application— 807.03(b) ; 807.03(g) – 807.03(h)
  - list of— 807.03(b)
  - mark drawing code— 807.18
  - requirements for— 807.03(a)
- Standard character list— 807.03(b)
- Stare decisis— 1217
- Statement of use
  - approval of— 1109.18
  - black-out period— 1103 ; 1104.03(b)
  - classification, amendment of— 1109.14
  - clear-error standard in examining— 706.01 ; 1109.08
  - correcting defects— 1109.16 – 1109.16(e)
  - date of execution— 1109.11(c)
  - dates of use— 1109.09(a)
  - dates of use, amendment of— 903.04 ; 1109.09(a)
  - discrepancies between dates of use and execution dates— 903.06(a)
  - drawing— 1109.12
  - examination of— 1109.07 – 1109.08 ; 1109.16(b)
  - execution of— 1109.11 – 1109.11(d)
  - extension of time to file ( See Request for extension of time to file statement of use)
  - failure to file within time permitted— 718.04 ; 1109.04
  - fee for filing— 1109.15 – 1109.15(a)
  - form of— 1109.05
  - hand delivery of— 1109.05
  - identification of goods/services in— 1109.13
  - may not be withdrawn— 1109.17
  - minimum requirements for— 1109.01
  - minimum requirements, review for compliance with— 1109.02
  - necessary elements of— 1109.06
  - ownership— 1109.10
  - petition to review refusal— 1109.02(a)
  - recourse after refusal— 1109.16(e)
  - requirements for— 1109.06
  - response to Office action— 1109.16(d)
  - signature of— 804.04 ; 1109.11 – 1109.11(d)
  - specimens for— 1109.09(b)
  - time for filing— 1109.04
  - use in commerce— 1109.09
  - use on all goods/services required before filing— 1109.03
  - verification of— 804.04 ; 1109.11 – 1109.11(d)
  - withdrawal prohibited— 1109.17
- Status inquiries— 108 – 108.03 ; 1705.05
  - Internet information— 108.01
  - personal telephone assistance— 108.02
  - duty to monitor status— 108.03 ; 1705.05
- Statutory authority for examination— 701
- Statutory averments in application for registration— 804.02 ; 804.05 ; 1303.01(b) – 1303.01(b)(ii) ; 1304.02(b) – 1304.02(b)(ii) ; 1306.02(b) – 1306.02(b)(ii)
- Stippling on drawing— 808.01(b)
- Subpoena received by Office employee— 1801.01
- Subsequent designations— 1902.08 – 1902.08(e)
- Substitute drawing— 807.15 ; 807.18
- Substitute specimens
  - affidavit supporting— 904.05
  - for amendment to allege use— 1104.10(b)(v)
  - for statement of use— 1109.09(b)
  - in response to refusal for failure to show the applied-for mark functioning as a mark— 714.05(f)
  - in response to refusal for failure to show use of the mark in commerce— 714.05(e)
  - may require amendment of dates of use— 904.05
  - requirements for substitute specimens and statutory refusals— 904.07 – 904.07(b)(i)
- Supervisory authority of Director— 1707
- Supplemental Register
  - allegation of use filed with amendment to— 714.05(a)(i) ; 1102.03
  - amendment of application to— 816 – 816.05
  - applications for— 815 – 815.04
  - intent-to-use applications— 206.01 ; 714.05(a)(i) ; 1102.03
  - marks eligible for Principal Register not registrable on— 815.01
  - not an admission that mark has not acquired distinctiveness— 815.03
  - refusal of incapable matter— 815.04
  - request for extension of protection of international registration, not eligible— 801.02(b) ; 815 ; 816.01 ; 816.04 ; 1904.02(f)
  - required elements— 815.02
- Surname, primarily merely a— 1211 – 1211.02(b)(vii)
  - combined with additional matter— 1211.01(b) – 1211.01(b)(viii)
  - combined with domain name— 1211.01(b)(vii) ; 1215.03
  - combined with initials— 1211.01(b)(iii)
  - combined with legal or familial entity designation— 1211.01(b)(viii)
  - combined with title— 1211.01(b)(iv)
  - combined with wording— 1211.01(b)(vi)
  - doctrine of foreign equivalents— 1211.01(a)(vii)
  - double surname— 1211.01(b)(i)
  - evidence supporting refusal— 1211.02 – 1211.02(b)(vii)
  - fame of mark evidence— 1211.02(b)(vii)
  - geographical significance— 1211.01(a)(iii)
  - historical place or person— 1211.01(a)(iv)
  - LexisNexis® research database evidence— 710.01(a) ; 1211.02(b)(ii)
  - “look and feel” of a surname— 1211.01(a)(vi)
  - negative dictionary evidence— 1211.01(a)(vii) ; 1211.02(b)(vi)
  - non-surname significance— 1211.01(a) – 1211.01(a)(vi)
  - ordinary language meaning— 1211.01(a)(i)
  - person associated with application, surname of— 1211.02(b)(iv)
  - phonetic equivalent— 1211.01(a)(ii)
  - plural— 1211.01(b)(v)
  - possessive— 1211.01(b)(v)
  - rare— 1211.01(a)(v)
  - specimens confirming surname significance of term— 1211.02(b)(v)
  - stylization— 1211.01(b)(ii)
  - telephone directory listings— 1211.02(b)(i) – 1211.02(b)(iii)
  - U.S. census database evidence— 1211.02(b)(iii)
- Surrender of registration for cancellation— 1608 ; 1904.07(c)
- Suspended cases checked by examining attorney— 716.04
- Suspension of action by Office
  - after final action— 716.06
  - circumstances where appropriate— 716.02 – 716.02(l)
  - letter of inquiry regarding— 716.05
  - notice of— 716.01
  - pending cancellation or expiration of cited registration— 716.02(e)
  - pending correction of or limitation to international registration— 716.02(g)
  - pending decision on petition — 716.02 ; 1705.06
  - pending decision on petition to waive domicile address requirement— 716.02(l)
  - pending disposition of earlier-filed application— 716.02(c)
  - pending disposition of expungement or reexamination proceedings— 716.02(j)
  - pending disposition of post registration audit— 716.02(k)
  - pending disposition of request filed with the IB— 716.02(g)
  - pending expiration of “insurance” extension request— 716.02(f)
  - pending inter partes or court proceeding— 716.02(d)
  - pending receipt of foreign registration— 716.02(b) ; 1003.04(a)
  - pending receipt of proof of renewal of foreign registration— 716.02(b) ; 1004.01(a)
  - request to remove— 716.03
- Suspension of practitioner from practice before USPTO— 608.02
- Suspension, removal of application from— 716.03 ; 716.06
- Swiss Confederation Coat of Arms & Swiss Flag— 1205.01(d) – 1205.01(d)(iv)

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