1. application path

1. Single country application (initial filing with the U.S. Intellectual Property Office);

2. Madrid International Trademark Registration.

2. Review Form

examiner will conduct a formal and substantive review of the application. If the review fails, a notice of rejection will be issued and the applicant will be required to reply within the time limit specified in the notice of rejection. If the substantive examination is passed, an announcement will be arranged. The objection period is 30 days from the date of the announcement, and any person may file an objection to the registration of the trademark with the Patent and Trademark Office. If there is no objection or objection is not established during the announcement period, the registration may be approved and a registration certificate may be issued. If it goes well, it currently takes about 12 months for U.S. trademark registration; if it encounters rejection or objection halfway, the time will be extended to 2-3 years.

3. protection period

The U.S. trademark is valid for 10 years after registration, and the validity period starts from the date of registration; it can be renewed within 12 months before the expiration date, and the extension period is 6 months; the renewal period is valid for 10 years. After registration of a trademark in the United States, the registrant shall file a statement of use with the United States Patent and Trademark Office during the 5-6 years following registration of the trademark and upon filing of an application for renewal. Otherwise, the United States Patent and Trademark Office will revoke the trademark registration.

4. Application Language

English

5. to submit documents

natural or legal person who does not have a domicile or principal place of business or a real and effective industrial or commercial enterprise in the United States shall entrust a special agent in that country to do so. The basic materials required for a trademark application are:

1. Trademark pattern

2. Categories and specific items

3. Name and address on application date

4. Application basis (intended use, actual use or domestic registration). If it is intended use, after submitting the trademark application, evidence of use in the United States must be submitted before obtaining the trademark registration certificate; For actual use, when submitting the trademark application, the time of first use in the United States shall be stated and the evidence of use of the trademark in the United States shall be submitted. If the U.S. application is submitted on the basis of domestic registration, A copy of the domestic trademark acceptance notice or registration certificate is required.

5. If a priority is declared, documents supporting the priority shall be provided.

6. trademark type

the United States Patent and Trademark Office uses the Nice Classification, its goods or services tend to be more detailed than the requirements of the Nice Classification, accepting multiple applications in one form. The elements that can be registered as trademarks in the United States are: text, letters, numbers, graphics, color combinations, three-dimensional shapes, sounds, etc.

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