Online trademark tools - USPTO

The Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS) contains the records of all active and inactive trademark registrations and applications. SkiptomaincontentTrademarkbasicsRegistrationtoolkitBasicfactsvideosOnlinetrademarktoolsMyUSPTOMyUSPTO isyourpersonalizedhomepageandgatewaytoyourUSPTOrecords.Itprovidesasecurelocationforyoutoactivelymanageyourintellectualpropertyportfolio,includingeasyaccesstosearch,file,andstatusfunctions.Youcanevensignuptogetemailupdateswhenyourapplicationstatuschanges.Youcanaccessandcustomizeyour MyUSPTO pagebysigninginthroughyouruspto.govaccount.Youmusthavea uspto.govaccounttoaccess MyUSPTO.Ifyoudon’thaveanaccount,youcancreateoneforfree.SearchdatabaseinTESS The TrademarkElectronicSearchSystem(TESS) containstherecordsofallactiveandinactivetrademarkregistrationsandapplications.Youcansearchthisdatabaseforanyapplied-fororregisteredtrademarkstoseeifanyareconflictingwithyourtrademark.Thissearchwillhelpyoudecidewhethertoapplytoregisteryourtrademark.WehavemultipleresourcestohelpyouuseTESS,includingwhysearchinginTESSisimportant,whattoexpectfromsearching,andhowtogetreadytosearch,suchasthedifferentsearchoptionsyoucanuse.FileformsinTEAS  Theonline TrademarkElectronicApplicationSystem (TEAS) iswhereyoufilloutandsubmitalltrademarkformsandmakepayments.Youcanfileanapplication,respondtoofficeactions,updatecorrespondenceinformation,submitregistrationmaintenanceandrenewaldocuments,andmore.Tocompleteaform,youmustbeloggedintoyouruspto.govaccount.CheckstatusandviewdocumentsinTSDRTheTrademarkStatusandDocumentRetrieval(TSDR)systemallowsyoutoaccessatrademarkapplicationorregistrationfileusingtheserialorregistrationnumber.YoucanuseTSDRtocheckthestatusofyourapplicationorregistrationatanytime,aswellasview,print,anddownloadanydocumentsinyourfile.IDManualTheAcceptableIdentificationofGoodsandServicesManual(IDManual)providesasearchablelistingofacceptableidentificationsofgoodsorservices.Thesepre-approveddescriptionscanbeusedinyourinitialapplicationtodescribeandclassifyyourgoodsorservices.Donotuseadescriptionifitisnotaccurate.Misidentifyingyourgoodsorservicescanleadtodelaysinyourapplicationprocessorpreventyoufromregisteringyourtrademark.YoucanaccessthemanualbeforeyoubegintheTEASinitialapplicationformandwhileyou’reintheform.TrademarkManualofExaminingProcedureTheTrademarkManualofExaminingProcedure(TMEP)providesguidelinesandproceduresthatexaminingattorneysarerequiredorauthorizedtofollowwhenexaminingtrademarkapplications.TrademarkOfficialGazetteTheTrademarkOfficialGazette(TMOG)isaUSPTOweeklypublicationthatincludesPrincipalRegistertrademarksthatreceivedpreliminaryapprovalfromaUSPTOexaminingattorney.PublicationintheTMOGbeginsa30-dayoppositionperiodforthesetrademarks.Privatepracticeattorneysandprofessionalsearchfirmsregularlyusethisasaresourcefortheirclients.DesignSearchCodeManualTheDesignSearchCodeManualprovidesawaytosearchTESSfordesignsappearingintrademarks.TheUSPTOassignsalltrademarkswithdesignfigurativeelementsoneormoresix-digitnumericalcodesforsearchingpurposes.Thismanualindexesdesigncategories,divisions,andsectionsthatmakeupthesecodes.Learnmoreaboutourdesignsearchcodes. Helpful Great!Wewouldliketoknowwhatyoufoundhelpfulaboutthispage.Comments*Wemayhavequestionsaboutyourfeedback,pleaseprovideyouremailaddress.Name(optional)Email* NotHelpful We'reSorry.TheUSPTOiscurrentlyimprovingourcontenttobetterserveyou.Canyoudescribetheproblem?TheUSPTOiscurrentlyimprovingourcontenttobetterserveyou.Canyoudescribetheproblem?Thiswasn'twhatIexpected.Thisdoesn'tapplytome.Icouldn'tunderstandit.Ineedmoreinformation.Howcouldweimprovethispage?*Wemayhavequestionsaboutyourfeedback,pleaseprovideyouremailaddress.Name(optional)Email* Share Print×CloseHaveacommentaboutthewebpageyouwereviewing?Writeyourmessage*Wemayhavequestionsaboutyourfeedback,pleaseprovideyouremailaddress.Emailaddress*Forotherassistance,pleaseseeourcontactuspage.SendFeedbackCancel