Examining Attorney

Your Trademark Application Has Been Rejected: Now What?

Your Trademark Application Has Been Rejected: Now What? by Kelly Weiner
{3:00 minutes to read}  Approximately four to five months after you file a trademark application, an examining attorney for the US Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) will review the application to make sure it conforms to the PTO standards and that the mark you're applying for is eligible for registration. If there are any problems with the application, the examining attorney will issue an Office Action. Trademark owners then have six months to respond to that Office Action. If no...

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