1902.02(f) Identification of Goods/Services 
An international application must include a list of goods/services that is identical to or narrower than the goods/services in the basic application and/or registration. 37 C.F.R. §7.11(a)(7). If the applicant lists any goods/services that are broader in scope than the goods/services in the basic application or registration, the USPTO will not certify the international application.
The prepopulated TEAS form will include the listing of goods/services in the USPTO’s electronic records for the basic application or registration as of the time the form is generated. An applicant may edit the list of goods/services by either deleting particular goods/services or revising the wording in the identification. On the MM2 paper form and the free-text TEAS form, the applicant must enter the goods/services manually and may omit goods or services, or revise the wording in the identification.
In general, semicolons should be used to separate distinct categories of goods/services within a class. See TMEP §1402.01(a). For example, "cleaners, namely, glass cleaners, oven cleaners, and carpet cleaners; deodorizers for pets" is an acceptable identification in Class 3. In this example, the word "cleaners" names the category covering "glass cleaners, oven cleaners, and carpet cleaners." The semicolon prior to "deodorizers for pets" indicates that the deodorizers are a separate category of goods from the cleaners.
Similarly, commas should be used to separate items within a particular category of goods/services. For example, "clothing, namely, hats, caps, sweaters, and jeans" is an acceptable identification of goods in Class 25 and shows proper use of commas.
Colons and periods should not be used as punctuation within the identification of goods and services.
If the list of goods/services in an international application is not identical to the list of goods/services in the basic application and/or registration at the time the international application is reviewed, the MPU trademark specialist must determine whether the applicant has identified any goods/services that are broader than the goods/services covered in the basic application and/or registration.
When the MPU trademark specialist reviews an international application based on a basic application and/or registration that has been amended during the course of its examination, the list of goods/services in the international application must be within the scope of the goods/services in the basic application and/or registration as amended, and not as set forth in the original basic application and/or registration.
The IB provides a database of properly classified terms, the Madrid Goods and Services Manager (MGSM), at http://www.wipo.int. Applicants may refer to the MGSM to review the classification assigned by the IB to more than 40,000 goods and services as well as the translation of such goods/services into several languages.
1902.02(f)(i) House Marks and "Full Line of …"
It has been the practice in the United States to accept identifications of goods/services that include the wording "house mark for…" in certain limited circumstances. See TMEP §1402.03(b). Additionally, in rare circumstances, the USPTO may accept an identification of goods/services that refers to "a full line of" a genre of products or services. To qualify for the use of such terminology, the line of products or services must be in one class. See TMEP §1402.03(c).
If an international application includes the wording "house mark for" or "house mark for a full line of," the IB will generally issue a notice of irregularity requiring the applicant to clarify or remove this wording. To avoid issuance of a notice of irregularity, an international applicant may set forth some or all of the goods or services following the wording "house mark" in the listing of goods or services in the international application. Removal of the wording "house mark" will not result in denial of certification of the international application.
1902.02(f)(ii) Providing a Website/Online Portal
Any activity consisting of a service that ordinarily falls in classes 35-37, 39, 41, 44, and 45 (e.g., real-estate agency services or banking services in Class 36 or dating services in Class 45), and that happens to be provided over the Internet, is classified in the class of the underlying service. See TMEP §1402.11(a). It is not classified in Class 42 merely because the services involve the use of a computer. Similarly, the service of providing information via the Internet is classified in the class of the subject matter of the information. See TMEP §1402.11(b). Entities that provide these services by computer are considered to be "content providers," that is, they provide the informational or substantive content of websites, homepages, or online portals.
If an international applicant identifies services with the introductory language "providing a website …" or "providing an on-line portal …," regardless of the subject activities that follow, the IB is likely to issue a notice of irregularity requiring the applicant to clarify the nature of the services and possibly suggesting "hosting of a website …" and/or reclassification to Class 42. To avoid issuance of a notice of irregularity by the IB, an international applicant may wish to set forth its services with the principal activity first and then indicate that such services are "provided by means of a website" or "provided through an online portal."
For example, if the identification in the underlying application or registration is "providing an Internet website portal in the field of music" in Class 41, the services in the international application may be listed as "providing information in the field of music by means of an Internet website portal." Note that the list of services in the international application must remain within the scope of the services in the basic application and/or registration or the MPU trademark specialist will deny certification.