The first step to finding out the official status of a trademark application or registration is to find the trademark serial number or registration number. If you don't have that you can use the USPTO's trademark search tool to find it.
Visit the Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) site, type in the trademark serial number or registration number, and click the status button. Then scroll down to the TM5 Common Status Descriptor section. See the video below for step-by-step instructions.
If the TM5 Common Status Descriptor icon is green, everything is in good standing. If the icon is in red, then there is some sort of problem that needs to be addressed.
The complete list of Common Status Descriptor icons as well as trademark status codes are included below:
LIVE/APPLICATION/Awaiting Examination
The trade mark application has been accepted by the Office (has met the minimum filing requirements) and has not yet been assigned to an examiner.
LIVE/APPLICATION/Under Examination
The trade mark application has been accepted by the Office (has met the minimum filing requirements) and that this application has been assigned to an examiner.
LIVE/APPLICATION/Appeal of Refusal Pending
An appeal of the Office’s final refusal to register a pending trade mark application is currently pending.
LIVE/APPLICATION/Published for Opposition
A pending trade mark application has been examined by the Office and has been published in a way that provides an opportunity for the public to oppose its registration.
LIVE/APPLICATION/Opposition Pending
The pending trade mark application has been examined by the Office and was published for opposition, at which time one or more oppositions were filed but they have not yet been decided.
LIVE/APPLICATION/Published for Opposition
The trade mark application has been added to the Registry for that Office and has been published in a way that allows the public to challenge the registration.
LIVE/APPLICATION/Opposition Pending
The registered trade mark has been published for opposition, at which time one or more challenges to registration were filed but they have not yet been decided.
LIVE/APPLICATION/Issued and Active
The trade mark application has been registered with the Office.
LIVE/APPLICATION/Cancellation/Invalidation Pending
This trade mark application has been registered with the Office, but it is currently undergoing a challenge which may result in its removal from the registry.
LIVE/APPLICATION/Refused/Dismissed or Invalidated
This trade mark application was refused, dismissed, or invalidated by the Office and this application is no longer active.
LIVE/APPLICATION/Withdrawn/Abandoned
The owner of the trade mark application withdrew (e.g. abandoned) the application and the application is no longer active.
LIVE/APPLICATION/Cancelled/Invalidated
The trade mark application was registered, but subsequently it was cancelled or invalidated and removed from the registry.
LIVE/APPLICATION/Surrendered
The trade mark application was registered, but subsequently voluntarily removed from the registry by action of the owner.
LIVE/APPLICATION/Expired
The trade mark application registered, but subsequently removed from the registry when the registration was not successfully maintained.
OTHER
For the situation where the status is uncertain, unknown, or other than those previously identified.
400 Dead/Cancelled IR CANCELLED; APPLICATION PENDING TRANSFORMATION
401 Dead/Cancelled IR CANCELLED – NO TRANSFORMATION FILED
402 Dead/Abandoned IR CANCELLED; US APPLICATION ABANDONED
403 Dead/Cancelled IR CANCELLED; REGISTRATION PENDING TRANSFORMATION
404 Dead/Cancelled IR CANCELLED; US REGISTRATION CANCELLED
405 Dead/Cancelled IR CANCELED; APPLICATION TRANSFRMED
406 Dead/Cancelled IR CANCELLED; REGISTRATION TRANSFORMED
410 Live/Pending IR RESTRICTED; US APP. ABANDONED, PENDING TRANSFORMATION
411 Dead/Abandoned IR RESTRICTED; US APP. ABANDONED; NO TRANSFORMATION FILED
412 Dead/Abandoned IR RESTRICTED; US APPLICATION ABANDONED
413 Live/Pending IR RESTRICTED; US REG. CANCELLED PEND TRANSFORMATION
414 Dead/Cancelled IR RESTRICTED; US REG. CANCELLED; NO TRANSFORMATION FILED
415 Dead/Cancelled IR RESTRICTED; US REGISTRATION CANCELLED
416 Dead/Abandoned IR RESTRICTED; US APP ABANDONED; US APP TRANSFORMED
417 Dead/Cancelled IR RESTRICTED; US REG CANCELLED; US REG TRANSFORMED
600 Dead/Abandoned ABANDONED – INCOMPLETE RESPONSE
601 Dead/Abandoned ABANDONED – EXPRESS
602 Dead/Abandoned ABANDONED-FAILURE TO RESPOND OR LATE RESPONSE
603 Dead/Abandoned ABANDONED – AFTER EX PARTE APPEAL
604 Dead/Abandoned ABANDONED – AFTER INTER-PARTES DECISION
605 Dead/Abandoned ABANDONED – EXPRESS AFTER PUB
606 Dead/Abandoned ABANDONED – NO STATEMENT OF USE FILED
607 Dead/Abandoned ABANDONED – DEFECTIVE STATEMENT OF USE
608 Dead/Abandoned ABANDONED – AFTER PETITION DECISION
609 Dead/Abandoned ABANDONED – DEFECTIVE DIVIDED APPLICATION
612 Dead/Abandoned PETITION TO REVIVE-RECEIVED
614 Dead/Abandoned ABANDONED PETITION TO REVIVE-DENIED
616 Live/Pending REVIVED – AWAITING FURTHER ACTION
618 Dead/Abandoned ABANDONED FILE – BACKFILE
620 Live/Pending BACKFILE APPLICATION ADDED TO DATA BASE – STATUS NOT RECORDED
622 Indifferent MISASSIGNED SERIAL NUMBER
624 Live/Registered REGISTERED – BACKFILE
625 Live/Registered REGISTRATION ADDED TO THE DATA BASE-STATUS UNCLEAR
626 Dead/Cancelled REGISTERED – BACKFILE CANCELLED OR EXPIRED
630 Live/Pending NEW APPLICATION – RECORD INITIALIZED NOT ASSIGNED TO EXAMINER
631 Live/Pending NEW APPLICATION – DIVIDED – INITIAL PROCESSING
632 Dead INFORMAL APPLICATION
638 Live/Pending NEW APPLICATION – ASSIGNED TO EXAMINER
640 Live/Pending NON-FINAL ACTION COUNTED – NOT MAILED
641 Live/Pending NON-FINAL ACTION – MAILED
642 Live/Pending INVENTORIED AS REJECTED
643 Live/Pending PREVIOUS ACTION/ALLOWANCE COUNT WITHDRAWN
644 Live/Pending FINAL REFUSAL COUNTED – NOT MAILED
645 Live/Pending FINAL REFUSAL – MAILED
646 Live/Pending EXAMINERS AMENDMENT COUNTED – NOT MAILED
647 Live/Pending EXAMINERS AMENDMENT – MAILED
648 Live/Pending ACTION CONTINUING FINAL COUNTED – NOT MAILED
649 Live/Pending ACTION CONTINUING FINAL – MAILED
650 Live/Pending SUSPENSION INQUIRY COUNTED – NOT MAILED
651 Live/Pending SUSPENSION INQUIRY – MAILED
652 Live/Pending SUSPENSION LETTER COUNTED – NOT MAILED
653 Live/Pending SUSPENSION LETTER – MAILED
654 Live/Pending REPORT COMPLETED SUSPENSION CHECK – CASE STILL SUSPENDED
655 Live/Pending EXAMINER’S AMENDMENT/PRIORITY ACTION COUNTED NOT MAILED
656 Live/Pending EXAMINER’S AMENDMENT/PRIORITY ACTION MAILED
657 Live/Pending PRIORITY ACTION COUNTED NOT MAILED
658 Live/Pending PRIORITY ACTION MAILED
659 Live/Pending SUBSEQUENT FINAL REFUSAL COUNTED NOT MAILED
660 Live/Pending SUBSEQUENT FINAL MAILED
661 Live/Pending RESPONSE AFTER NON-FINAL ACTION – ENTERED
663 Live/Pending RESPONSE AFTER FINAL REJECTION – ENTERED
664 Live/Pending INVENTORIED AS AMENDED
665 Live/Pending NOTICE OF UNRESPONSIVE AMENDMENT – COUNTED
666 Live/Pending NOTICE OF UNRESPONSIVE AMENDMENT – MAILED
667 Live/Pending REFUSAL WITHDRAWL LETTER – COUNTED
668 Live/Pending REFUSAL WITHDRAWL LETTER – MAILED
672 Live/Pending REINSTATED – AWAITING FURTHER ACTION
680 Live/Pending APPROVED FOR PUBLICATION
681 Live/Pending PUBLICATION/ISSUE REVIEW COMPLETE
682 Live/Pending ADDITIONAL REVIEW COMPLETED – RETURNED TO PUB CYCLE
686 Live/Pending PUBLISHED FOR OPPOSITION
688 Live/Pending NOTICE OF ALLOWANCE – ISSUED
689 Live/Pending NOTICE OF ALLOWANCE – WITHDRAWN
690 Live/Pending NOTICE OF ALLOWANCE – CANCELLED
692 Live/Pending WITHDRAWN BEFORE PUBLICATION
693 Live/Pending WITHDRAWN FROM ISSUE-JURISDICTION RESTORED
694 Live/Pending WITHDRAWN BEFORE ISSUE
700 Live/Registered REGISTERED
701 Live/Registered SECTION 8-ACCEPTED
702 Live/Registered SECTION 8 & 15-ACCEPTED AND ACKNOWLEDGED
703 Live/Registered SECTION 15-ACKNOWLEDGED
704 Live/Registered PARTIAL SECTION 8 ACCEPTED
705 Live/Registered PARTIAL SECTION 8 & 15 ACCEPTED AND ACKNOWLEDGED
706 Live/Registered SECTION 71 ACCEPTED
707 Live/Registered PARTIAL SECTION 71 ACCEPTED
708 Live/Registered PARTIAL SECTION 71 & 15 ACCEPTED AND ACKNOWLEDGED
709 Dead/Cancelled CANCELLED – SECTION 71
710 Dead/Cancelled CANCELLED – SECTION 8
711 Dead/Cancelled CANCELLED – SECTION 7
712 Dead/Cancelled CANCELLED BY COURT ORDER (SECTION 37)
713 Dead/Cancelled CANCELLED – SECTION 18
714 Dead/Cancelled CANCELLED – SECTION 24
715 Indifferent/Cancelled CANCELLED – RESTORED TO PENDENCY
717 Live REGISTERED – AWAITING DIVISIONAL FEE
718 Live/Pending REQUEST FOR FIRST EXTENSION – FILED
719 Live/Pending REQUEST FOR SECOND EXTENSION – FILED
720 Live/Pending REQUEST FOR THIRD EXTENSION – FILED
721 Live/Pending REQUEST FOR FOURTH EXTENSION – FILED
722 Live/Pending REQUEST FOR FIFTH EXTENSION – FILED
724 Live/Pending EXTENSION REQUEST REFUSAL – COUNTED
725 Live/Pending EXTENSION REQUEST REFUSAL – MAILED
730 Live/Pending FIRST EXTENSION – GRANTED
731 Live/Pending SECOND EXTENSION – GRANTED
732 Live/Pending THIRD EXTENSION – GRANTED
733 Live/Pending FOURTH EXTENSION – GRANTED
734 Live/Pending FIFTH EXTENSION – GRANTED
739 Live/Registered Section 71 & 15 – ACCEPTED AND ACKNOWLEDGED
740 Live/Pending POST REGISTRATION PAPER FILED – ASSIGNED TO PARA-LEGAL
744 Live/Pending STATEMENT OF USE – FILED
745 Live/Pending STATEMENT OF USE – INFORMAL-LETTER MAILED
746 Live/Pending STATEMENT OF USE – INFORMAL-RESPONSE ENTERED
748 Live/Pending STATEMENT OF USE – TO EXAMINER
752 Live/Pending SU – EXAMINER STATEMENT COUNTED – NOT MAILED
753 Live/Pending SU – EXAMINER STATEMENT – MAILED
756 Live/Pending EXAMINER STATEMENT COUNTED – NOT MAILED
757 Live/Pending EXAMINER STATEMENT – MAILED
760 Live/Pending EX PARTE APPEAL PENDING
762 Live/Pending EX PARTE APPEAL TERMINATED
763 Live/Pending EX PARTE APPEAL-REFUSAL AFFIRMED
764 Live/Pending EX PARTE APPEAL DISMISSED AS MOOT
765 Live/Pending CONCURRENT USE PROCEEDING TERMINATED-GRANTED
766 Live/Pending CONCURRENT USE PROCEEDING TERMINATED-DENIED
771 Live/Pending CONCURRENT USE PROCEEDING PENDING
772 Live/Pending INTERFERENCE PROCEEDING PENDING
773 Live/Pending EXTENSION OF TIME TO OPPOSE PROCESS – TERMINATED
774 Live/Pending OPPOSITION PENDING
775 Live/Pending OPPOSITION DISMISSED
777 Live/Pending OPPOSITION TERMINATED-SEE TTAB RECORDS
778 Live/Registered CANCELLATION DISMISSED
779 Live/Pending OPPOSITION SUSTAINED
780 Live/Registered CANCELLATION TERMINATED – SEE TTAB RECORDS
790 Live/Registered CANCELLATION PENDING
794 Live/Pending JURISDICTION RESTORED TO EXAMINING ATTORNEY
800 Live/Registered REGISTERED AND RENEWED
801 Live/Pending OPPOSITION PAPERS FILED
802 Live/Pending REQUEST FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE OPPOSITION
803 Live/Pending AMENDMENT AFTER PUBLICATION
804 Live/Pending APPEAL RECEIVED AT TTAB
806 Live/Pending SU – NON-FINAL ACTION COUNTED – NOT MAILED
807 Live/Pending SU – NON-FINAL ACTION – MAILED
808 Live/Pending SU – FINAL REFUSAL COUNTED – NOT MAILED
809 Live/Pending SU – FINAL REFUSAL – MAILED
810 Live/Pending SU – EXAMINER’S AMENDMENT COUNTED – NOT MAILED
811 Live/Pending SU – EXAMINER’S AMENDMENT – MAILED
812 Live/Pending SU – ACTION CONTINUING FINAL COUNTED – NOT MAILED
813 Live/Pending SU – ACTION CONTINUING FINAL – MAILED
814 Live/Pending SU – RESPONSE AFTER NON-FINAL ACTION – ENTERED
815 Live/Pending SU – RESPONSE AFTER FINAL REJECTION – ENTERED
816 Live/Pending SU – NOTICE OF UNRESPONSIVE AMENDMENT – COUNTED
817 Live/Pending SU – NOTICE OF UNRESPONSIVE AMENDMENT – MAILED
818 Live/Pending SU – STATEMENT OF USE ACCEPTED – APPROVED FOR REGISTRATION
819 Live/Pending SU – REGISTRATION REVIEW COMPLETE
820 Live/Pending SU-EXAMINER’S AMENDMENT/PRIORITY ACTION COUNTED NOT MAILED
821 Live/Pending SU – EXAMINER’S AMENDMENT/PRIORITY ACTION MAILED
822 Live/Pending SU – PRIORITY ACTION COUNTED NOT MAILED
823 Live/Pending SU – PRIORITY ACTION MAILED
824 Live/Pending SU – SUBSEQUENT FINAL REFUSAL WRITTEN
825 Live/Pending SU – SUBSEQUENT FINAL MAILED
900 Dead/Expired EXPIRED
901 Dead DEAD INVENTORIED AS REJECTED
969 Live/Pending NON REGISTRATION DATA
970 Indifferent RECORD CREATED DUE TO ASSIGNMENT REQUEST
973 Live/Pending PENDING PETITION/COURT DECISION
