F
- Facsimile transmission, certificate of (See also Facsimile transmission, filing of correspondence by)
- effect of 306.05(c)
- eligible correspondence 306.01
- non-receipt of correspondence by PTO 306.05(d)
- not available for filing international applications 306.01
- not available for filing requests for transformation 306.01
- not available for filing requests to record changes to an international registration 306.01
- not available for filing responses to IB notices of irregularities 306.01
- not available for filing subsequent designations 306.01
- not available for filing trademark applications 306.01
- requirements for 306.05 - 306.05(c)
- wording of certificate 306.05(b)
- Facsimile transmission, filing of correspondence by (See also Facsimile transmission, certificate of)
- False suggestion of connection 1203; 1203.03 - 1203.03(f); 1203.03(f)
- Family of marks 1207.01(d)(xi)
- Fax copies of documents, filing of 302.01
- Fax transmission (See Facsimile transmission, filing of correspondence by)
- Federal holiday, response period ending on 308
- Fee(s)
- electronic funds transfer 405.05
- 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 to revive abandoned application 1714 - 1714.01(b)
- for filing request for extension of time to file statement of use 1108.02(c)
- for filing request for transformation 1904.09
- for filing request to record changes 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 Division 503.03(d)
- for request to divide 1110.02
- international, payment of 1903.02
- method of payment of 405
- number of 810; 810.01; 1401.04; 1403.01; 1403.05(b)
- refund of (See Refund of fees)
- refused by financial institution 405.06
- returned check 202.03(a) - 202.03(a)(i); 405.06; 1104.09(g); 1104.10(b)(vii); 1109.15(a); 1604.06(c); 1606.05(c)
- Files, access to 109 - 109.03
- Files, destruction of 109.02
- Files, electronic 109.03; 402 - 402.01
- Filing basis
- abandonment of multiple-basis application 806.02(d)
- amendment after publication 806.03(j) - 806.03(j)(ii); 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(d); 806.02(e)
- changing 806.03 - 806.03(k)
- changing after publication 806.03(j) - 806.03(j)(ii)
- 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(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(b)
- 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
- intent-to-use 806.01(b); 806.02(b); 806.03(c); 806.03(d); 806.03(e); 806.03(g); 806.04(a)
- multiple 806.02 - 806.02(f)
- must be stated in written application 806
- requirements for establishing 806.01 - 806.01(d)
- 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 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 - 206.02
- in extension of protection of international registration 1904.01(b)
- minimum requirements for 202
- 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
- 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) 205; 303.01; 304.04
- Filing date, for correspondence filed via electronic mail 304.04
- 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 through TEAS 202.03; 810; 1110.02; 1403.02(c)
- Filing of correspondence with International Bureau 1906 - 1906.01(i)
- Filing of correspondence with USPTO 305.01
- by courier or delivery service 307
- by "Express Mail" 305.03
- by fax (See Facsimile transmission, filing of correspondence by)
- by hand delivery 307
- by mail 305 - 305.03
- by unauthorized individual 608.01; 611.05 - 611.05(c)
- certificate of mailing procedure for (See Certificate of mailing procedure)
- certificate of transmission procedure for (See Facsimile transmission, certificate of)
- 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
- for failure to provide information requested by examining attorney 814
- issuance of, after removal of application from suspension 716.06
- new issues requiring issuance of nonfinal action 714.05 - 714.05(c); 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 reconsideration after 715.03 - 715.04(b); 1714.01(a)(ii); 1714.01(f)(ii)
- statement of grounds of 714.04
- time for appeal runs from date of 715.03(c)
- when appropriate 714.03; 714.05 - 714.05(c)
- 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) - (f)
- with respect to §2(f) claim 714.05(a)(i); 1212.02(h)
- "Firm" 803.02(b)
- Flag, refusal to register mark comprising 1204; 1204.01 - 1204.01(e); 1204.03
- Flavor as mark 904.03(m); 1202.13
- Foreign applicant
- Foreign attorney (See Attorney, foreign)
- "Foreign" commerce 901.03
- Foreign equivalents, doctrine of 1207.01(b)(vi); 1209.03(g); 1210.10
- 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); 807.02(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
- 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
- Forms, trademark 103; 301; 802
- Fragrance as mark 807.09; 1202.13
- Franchisees, use of mark by 1201.03(f)
- 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)(v)(iii)