- Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure
- Subject Matter Index F

# Subject Matter Index F

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- Facsimile transmission, filing of correspondence by— 306
- Failure to Function— 1202 ; 1301.02(a)
  - background designs and shapes— 1202.11
  - color as a mark— 1202.05 – 1202.05(a)
  - hashtag marks— 1202.18 – 1202.18(b)
  - holograms— 1202.14
  - inconsistent goods or services— 1202.19(f) – 1202.19(f)(ii)
  - informational matter— 1202.04
  - model grade designations— 1202.16(a)
  - names of artists and authors— 1202.09(a)
  - names and designs of characters in creative works— 1202.10
  - ornamentation— 1202.03
  - product design— 1202.02(b)(i)
  - product packaging— 1202.02(b)(ii)
  - repeating pattern marks, not inherently distinctive— 1202.19(e) – 1202.19(e)(iii)
  - scent, fragrance, or flavor— 1202.13
  - service marks— 1301.02(a)
  - title of single creative work— 1202.08
  - universal symbols— 1202.17(c) – 1202.17(c)(iii)
  - varietal and cultivar names— 1202.12
- False suggestion of connection— 1203.03(c) – 1203.03(c)(iii)
- Family of marks— 1207.01(d)(xi)
- Fax transmission ( See Facsimile transmission, filing of correspondence by)
- Federal holiday, response period ending on— 308
- Fee(s)
  - electronic funds transfer— 405.05
  - excess character ID fee— 819.04
  - for correcting irregularities in international application— 1902.07(b)(i)
  - for filing amendment to allege use— 1104.10(b)(vii)
  - for filing application— 202.03 ; 810 – 810.02 ; 1401.04 ; 1403.01
  - for filing ex parte appeal— 1501.04
  - for filing international application— 1902.02(i) ; 1903.02
  - for filing multiple-class application— 810 – 810.01 ; 1401.04 ; 1403.01
  - for filing notice of opposition— 1503.01
  - for filing petition for expungement— 1716.02(b)
  - for filing petition for reexamination— 1716.02(b)
  - for filing petition to revive abandoned application— 1714 ; 1714.01 ; 1714.01(a(i) ; 1714.01(b) ; 1714.01(c)
  - for filing request for extension of time to file statement of use— 1108.02(c)
  - for filing request for transformation— 1904.09(a)
  - for filing request to record changes in ownership to an international registration— 1906.01(a)(i)
  - for filing statement of use— 1109.15
  - for filing subsequent designation— 1902.08(c)
  - for recording document in Assignment Recordation Branch— 503.03(d)
  - for request to divide— 1110.02
  - free-form text ID fee— 819.03
  - international, payment of— 1903.02
  - insufficient information fee— 819.02
  - method of payment of— 405 – 405.06
  - number of— 810 – 810.01 ; 1401.04 ; 1403.01 ; 1403.05
  - refund of ( See Refund of fees)
  - refused by financial institution— 202.03(a) – 202.03(a)(i) ; 405.06
  - returned check— 202.03(a) – 202.03(a)(i) ; 405.06 ; 1104.01(b) ; 1104.10(b)(vii) ; 1108.02(c) ; 1109.15(a) ; 1604.06(c) ; 1606.05(c) ; 1613.06(c) ; 1705.02
- Files, access to— 109 – 109.03
- Files, destruction of— 109.02
- Files, electronic— 109.01 ; 109.03 ; 402 – 402.01
- Filing basis
  - abandonment of multiple-basis application— 806.02(d)
  - amendment after publication— 806.03(j) – 806.03(j)(iii) ; 1505.02(f)
  - amendment from §1(a) to §1(b)— 806.03(c)
  - amendment from §1(b) to §44— 806.03(g)
  - amendment from §44 to §1(b)— 806.03(d)
  - amendment of §66(a) basis not permitted— 806.03(k) ; 806.03(l) ; 1505.02(f) ; 1904.01(a)
  - amendment, effect on filing date— 806.03(h) ; 806.04(b)
  - amendment, verification of— 806.02(e) ; 806.03(i)
  - bona fide intention to use mark in commerce— 806.01(b) – 806.01(e) ; 806.02(e)
  - changing— 806.03 – 806.03(l)
  - changing after publication— 806.03(j) – 806.03(j)(iii)
  - claim of priority under §44(d)— 806.01(c) ; 806.02(f) ; 806.03(b) ; 806.04(b) ; 1003
  - combining §1 and §44— 806.02(a) ; 806.02(e) – 806.02(f) ; 806.03(d) ; 806.03(f) ; 806.04(b)
  - combining §1(a) and §1(b)— 806.02(a) – 806.02(b) ; 806.03(c)
  - deletion of §1(b) basis— 806.04 – 806.04(a)
  - deletion of, in general— 806.04
  - extension of protection of international registration under §66(a)— 806.01(e) ; 1904.01(a)
  - foreign registration under §44(e)— 806.01(d) ; 806.02(e) ; 1004 – 1004.02
  - intent-to-use— 806.01(b) ; 806.02(b) ; 806.03(c) – 806.03(e) ; 806.03(e) ; 806.03(g) ; 806.04(a)
  - multiple— 806.02 – 806.02(g)
  - must be stated in written application— 806
  - requirements for establishing— 806.01 – 806.01(e)
  - review prior to publication or issue— 806.05
  - specimen, deferral of examination in multiple-basis application— 806.02(c)
  - use in commerce— 806.01(a) ; 806.02(b) ; 806.03(c)
  - when basis can be changed— 806.03(a)
- Filing date label, permitted paper filings— 303.02(b)
- Filing date, application
  - cancelled if minimum requirements not met— 204.01
  - change of— 204.03 ; 205 ; 1711
  - denial of— 204 – 204.03 ; 1711
  - effective— 206 – 206.04
  - in extension of protection of international registration— 1904.01(b)
  - minimum requirements for— 202 – 202.03(a)(i)
  - of §66(a) application— 1904.01(b)
  - priority— 206.02 ; 806.01(c) ; 1003 – 1003.02 ; 1003.05
  - request for restoration of— 1711
  - requirements for receiving— 202 – 202.03(a)(i)
  - restoration of— 1711
  - review for compliance with minimum requirements— 203
  - review of denial of— 1711
  - section 66(a) application— 1904.01(b)
  - what constitutes— 201
- Filing date, for correspondence (in general)— 303
- Filing fee, application— 202.03 ; 810 – 810.02 ; 1403.01
  - in §66(a) application— 202.03 ; 810 – 810.01 ; 1904.01(f)
  - varies depending on whether application filed on paper or electronically— 202.03 ; 810 ; 1110.02 ; 1403.02(c)
- Filing of correspondence with International Bureau— 1906 – 1906.01(i)
- Filing of permitted paper correspondence with USPTO— 305.01 – 305.04
  - by courier or delivery service— 307
  - by “Priority Mail Express”— 305.03
  - by hand delivery— 307
  - by mail— 305 – 305.04
  - by unauthorized individual— 608.01 ; 611.05 – 611.05(c)
  - certificate of mailing procedure for ( See Certificate of mailing procedure)
  - time between execution and— 804.03 ; 1104.10(b)(ii) ; 1108.02(b) ; 1109.11(c)
- Filing receipt— 401.01
- Final refusal
  - action after— 715 – 715.04(b)
  - for failure to provide information requested by examining attorney— 814
  - issuance of final refusal, after removal of application from suspension— 1208.02(d)
  - issuance of subsequent final refusal, after removal of application from suspension— 716.06
  - new issues requiring issuance of nonfinal action— 714.05 – 714.05(c) ; 714.05(f) ; 715.03(b)
  - not permissible on first action— 714.01
  - not permissible on suspension— 714.02
  - pertaining to identification— 714.05(a)(ii)
  - pertaining to proposed amendment of drawing— 714.05(a) ; 807.17
  - premature— 714.06
  - proper response to— 715.01
  - request for extension of time to respond— 711.01 – 711.01(b)
  - request for reconsideration after— 715.03 – 715.04(b) ; 1714.01(a)(ii) ; 1714.01(f)(ii)(A)
  - statement of grounds of— 714.04
  - time for appeal runs from date of— 715.03(c) ; 1501
  - when appropriate— 714.03 ; 714.05 – 714.05(f)
  - with respect to amendment to Supplemental Register— 714.05(a)(i)
  - with respect to submission of consent agreement— 714.05(d)
  - with respect to submission of substitute specimen— 714.05(e) – 714.05(f)
  - with respect to §2(f) claim— 714.05(a)(i) ; 1212.02(h)
- “Firm” – in regards to applicant’s name — 803.02(b)
- Flag, refusal to register mark comprising— 1204 – 1204.01(e) ; 1204.03
- Flavor as mark— 904.03(m) ; 1202.13
- Foreign applicant
  - common terms designating entity of— 803.03(i) ; Appendix D
  - signature on behalf of— 611.06(e) ; 804.04 – 804.05
- Foreign attorney ( See Attorney, foreign)
- “Foreign” commerce— 901.03
- Foreign equivalents, doctrine of ( See Doctrine of Foreign Equivalents)
- Foreign priority ( See Priority under §44(d), application claiming)
- Foreign registration, application based on ownership of— 1005
  - assignment of home country application or registration— 1006
  - based on registration issued by a “common office of several states”— 1002.03
  - bona fide intention to use mark in commerce— 806.01(d) ; 806.02(e) ; 806.02(g) ; 1004 ; 1008
  - certification or certified copy of foreign registration required— 806.01(d) ; 1004.01
  - country of origin— 1002.04
  - dividing— 1110.10
  - drawing— 807.03(f) ; 807.12(b) ; 1011 – 1011.04
  - establishing entitlement under a treaty— 1002.01 ; 1002.03
  - from applicant’s country of origin— 1002.04
  - identification of goods/services— 1012 ; 1402.01(b)
  - international registration as basis for §44 application— 1016
  - may not be filed before foreign registration has issued— 1004
  - must be in force— 1004.01(a)
  - one mark per registration— 1011.02
  - ownership of foreign registration— 1005
  - requirements for receiving a filing date— 202 – 202.03(a)(i)
  - requirements for §44(e) basis— 806.01(d) ; 1002.01 ; 1004
  - specimen not required— 1009
  - standard character claim in— 807.03(f) ; 1011.01
  - status of foreign registration— 1004.01(a)
  - suspension pending receipt of copy of foreign registration not permitted except in extraordinary situation— 1004.01
  - translation of— 1004.01(b)
  - use not required— 1009
- Form paragraphs— 705 – 705.01
- Fragrance as mark— 807.09 ; 1202.13
- Franchisees, use of mark by— 1201.03(e)
- Fraud— 720 ; 906.04
- Freedom of Information Act requests— 1803
  - for copies of letters of protest— 1715.05
- Functionality— 1202.02(a) – 1202.02(a)(viii)

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