How Long Does It Take For A Trademark To Become Registered?
From initial application to ultimate registration, it may take as long as eighteen to twenty-four months for a mark to be registered by the USPTO. While an application is pending, the Trademark Office will examine the application and the mark and may issue Office Actions for any number of things, from simple or routine requests for clarification of goods or services descriptions to complex and substantive refusals to register the mark. Such Office Actions require response by the applicant or the application will be abandoned. Assuming the mark passes substantive review, it will be published for opposition. During the publication period, any existing user may oppose registration of the mark. If the mark survives the publication period or an Opposition Action, it will be allowed for registration. Applications based on actual use of the mark will become registered at this point. However, before a mark that was filed on the basis of an Intent to Use will become registered, the applicant mu
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