Subject Matter Index F

• Facsimile transmission, filing of correspondence by— 306
• Failure to Function— 1202 ; 1301.02(a)
  • background designs and shapes— 1202.11
  • color as a mark— 1202.05) – 1202.05(a)
  • hashtag marks— 1202.18 – 1202.18(b)
  • holograms— 1202.14
  • inconsistent goods or services— 1202.19(f) – 1202.19(f)(ii)
  • informational matter— 1202.04
  • model grade designations— 1202.16(a)
  • names of artists and authors— 1202.09(a)
  • names and designs of characters in creative works— 1202.10
  • ornamentation— 1202.03
  • product design— 1202.02(b)(i)
  • product packaging— 1202.02(b)(ii)
  • repeating pattern marks, not inherently distinctive— 1202.19(e) – 1202.19(e)(iii)
  • scent, fragrance, or flavor— 1202.13
  • service marks— 1301.02(a)
  • title of single creative work— 1202.08
  • universal symbols— 1202.17(c) – 1202.17(c)(iii)
  • varietal and cultivar names— 1202.12
• False suggestion of connection— 1203.03(c) – 1203.03(c)(iii)
• Family of marks— 1207.01(d)(xi)
• Fax transmission ( See Facsimile transmission, filing of correspondence by)
• Federal holiday, response period ending on— 308
• Fee(s)
  • electronic funds transfer— 405.05
  • for correcting irregularities in international application— 1902.07(b)(i)
  • for filing amendment to allege use— 1104.10(b)(vii)
  • for filing application— 202.03 ; 810 – 810.02 ; 1401.04 ; 1403.01
  • for filing ex parte appeal— 1501.04
  • for filing international application— 1902.02(i) ; 1903.02
  • for filing multiple-class application— 810 – 810.01 ; 1401.04 ; 1403.01
  • for filing notice of opposition— 1503.01
  • for filing petition for expungement— 1716.02(b)
  • for filing petition for reexamination— 1716.02(b)
  • for filing petition to revive abandoned application— 1714 ; 1714.01 ; 1714.01(a(i) ; 1714.01(b) ; 1714.01(c)
  • for filing request for extension of time to file statement of use— 1108.02(c)
  • for filing request for transformation— 1904.09(a)
  • for filing request to record changes in ownership to an international registration— 1906.01(a)(i)
  • for filing statement of use— 1109.15
  • for filing subsequent designation— 1902.08(c)
  • for recording document in Assignment Recordation Branch— 503.03(d)
  • for request to divide— 1110.02
  • international, payment of— 1903.02
  • method of payment of— 405 – 405.06
  • number of— 810 – 810.01 ; 1401.04 ; 1403.01 ; 1403.05
  • refund of ( See Refund of fees)
  • refused by financial institution— 202.03(a) – 202.03(a)(i) ; 405.06
  • returned check— 202.03(a) – 202.03(a)(i) ; 405.06 ; 1104.01(b) ; 1104.10(b)(vii) ; 1108.02(c) ; 1109.15(a) ; 1604.06(c) ; 1606.05(c) ; 1613.06(c) ; 1705.02
• Files, access to— 109 – 109.03
• Files, destruction of— 109.02
• Files, electronic— 109.01 ; 109.03 ; 402 – 402.01
• Filing basis
  • abandonment of multiple-basis application— 806.02(d)
  • amendment after publication— 806.03(j) – 806.03(j)(iii) ; 1505.02(f)
  • amendment from §1(a) to §1(b)— 806.03(c)
  • amendment from §1(b) to §44— 806.03(g)
  • amendment from §44 to §1(b)— 806.03(d)
  • amendment of §66(a) basis not permitted— 806.03(k) ; 806.03(l) ; 1505.02(f) ; 1904.01(a)
  • amendment, effect on filing date— 806.03(h) ; 806.04(b)
  • amendment, verification of— 806.02(e) ; 806.03(i)
  • bona fide intention to use mark in commerce— 806.01(b) – 806.01(e) ; 806.02(e)
  • changing— 806.03 – 806.03(l)
  • changing after publication— 806.03(j) – 806.03(j)(iii)
  • claim of priority under §44(d)— 806.01(c) ; 806.02(f) ; 806.03(b) ; 806.04(b) ; 1003
  • combining §1 and §44— 806.02(a) ; 806.02(e) – 806.02(f) ; 806.03(d) ; 806.03(f) ; 806.04(b)
  • combining §1(a) and §1(b)— 806.02(a) – 806.02(b) ; 806.03(c)
  • deletion of §1(b) basis— 806.04 – 806.04(a)
  • deletion of, in general— 806.04
  • extension of protection of international registration under §66(a)— 806.01(e) ; 1904.01(a)
  • foreign registration under §44(e)— 806.01(d) ; 806.02(e) ; 1004 – 1004.02
  • intent-to-use— 806.01(b) ; 806.02(b) ; 806.03(c) – 806.03(e) ; 806.03(e) ; 806.03(g) ; 806.04(a)
  • multiple— 806.02 – 806.02(g)
  • must be stated in written application— 806
  • requirements for establishing— 806.01 – 806.01(e)
  • review prior to publication or issue— 806.05
  • specimen, deferral of examination in multiple-basis application— 806.02(c)
  • use in commerce— 806.01(a) ; 806.02(b) ; 806.03(c)
  • when basis can be changed— 806.03(a)
• Filing date label, permitted paper filings— 303.02(b)
• Filing date, application
  • cancelled if minimum requirements not met— 204.01
  • change of— 204.03 ; 205 ; 1711
  • denial of— 204 – 204.03 ; 1711
  • effective— 206 – 206.04
  • in extension of protection of international registration— 1904.01(b)
  • minimum requirements for— 202 – 202.03(a)(i)
  • of §66(a) application— 1904.01(b)
  • priority— 206.02 ; 806.01(c) ; 1003 – 1003.02 ; 1003.05
  • request for restoration of— 1711
  • requirements for receiving— 202 – 202.03(a)(i)
  • restoration of— 1711
  • review for compliance with minimum requirements— 203
  • review of denial of— 1711
  • section 66(a) application— 1904.01(b)
  • what constitutes— 201
• Filing date, for correspondence (in general)— 303
• Filing fee, application— 202.03 ; 810 – 810.02 ; 1403.01
  • in §66(a) application— 202.03 ; 810 – 810.01 ; 1904.01(f)
  • varies depending on whether application filed on paper or through TEAS— 202.03 ; 810 ; 1110.02 ; 1403.02(c)
• Filing of correspondence with International Bureau— 1906 – 1906.01(i)
• Filing of permitted paper correspondence with USPTO— 305.01 – 305.04
  • by courier or delivery service— 307
  • by “Priority Mail Express”— 305.03
  • by hand delivery— 307
  • by mail— 305 – 305.04
  • by unauthorized individual— 608.01 ; 611.05 – 611.05(c)
  • certificate of mailing procedure for ( See Certificate of mailing procedure)
  • time between execution and— 804.03 ; 1104.10(b)(ii) ; 1108.02(b) ; 1109.11(c)
• Filing receipt— 401.01
• Final refusal
  • action after— 715 – 715.04(b)
  • for failure to provide information requested by examining attorney— 814
  • issuance of final refusal, after removal of application from suspension— 1208.02(d)
  • issuance of subsequent final refusal, after removal of application from suspension— 716.06
  • new issues requiring issuance of nonfinal action— 714.05 – 714.05(c) ; 714.05(f) ; 715.03(b)
  • not permissible on first action— 714.01
  • not permissible on suspension— 714.02
  • pertaining to identification— 714.05(a)(ii)
  • pertaining to proposed amendment of drawing— 714.05(a) ; 807.17
  • premature— 714.06
  • proper response to— 715.01
  • request for reconsideration after— 715.03 – 715.04(b) ; 1714.01(a)(ii) ; 1714.01(f)(ii)(A)
  • statement of grounds of— 714.04
  • time for appeal runs from date of— 715.03(c)
  • when appropriate— 714.03 ; 714.05 – 714.05(f)
  • with respect to amendment to Supplemental Register— 714.05(a)(i)
  • with respect to submission of consent agreement— 714.05(d)
  • with respect to submission of substitute specimen— 714.05(e) – 714.05(f)
  • with respect to §2(f) claim— 714.05(a)(i) ; 1212.02(h)
• “Firm” – in regards to applicant’s name — 803.02(b)
• Flag, refusal to register mark comprising— 1204 – 1204.01(e) ; 1204.03
• Flavor as mark— 904.03(m) ; 1202.13
• Foreign applicant
  • common terms designating entity of— 803.03(i) ; Appendix D
  • signature on behalf of— 611.06(e) ; 804.04 – 804.05
• Foreign attorney ( See Attorney, foreign)
• “Foreign” commerce— 901.03
• Foreign equivalents, doctrine of— 1207.01(b)(vi) – 1207.01(b)(vi)(C) ; 1209.03(g) ; 1210.10 ; 1211.01(a)(vii)
• Foreign priority ( See Priority under §44(d), application claiming)
• Foreign registration, application based on ownership of— 1005
  • assignment of home country application or registration— 1006
  • based on registration issued by a “common office of several states”— 1002.03
  • bona fide intention to use mark in commerce— 806.01(d) ; 806.02(e) ; 806.02(g) ; 1004 ; 1008
  • certification or certified copy of foreign registration required— 806.01(d) ; 1004.01
  • country of origin— 1002.04
  • dividing— 1110.10
  • drawing— 807.03(f) ; 807.12(b) ; 1011 – 1011.04
  • establishing entitlement under a treaty— 1002.01 ; 1002.03
  • from applicant’s country of origin— 1002.04
  • identification of goods/services— 1012 ; 1402.01(b)
  • international registration as basis for §44 application— 1016
  • may not be filed before foreign registration has issued— 1004
  • must be in force— 1004.01(a)
  • one mark per registration— 1011.02
  • ownership of foreign registration— 1005
  • requirements for receiving a filing date— 202 – 202.03(a)(i)
  • requirements for §44(e) basis— 806.01(d) ; 1002.01 ; 1004
  • specimen not required— 1009
  • standard character claim in— 807.03(f) ; 1011.01
  • status of foreign registration— 1004.01(a)
  • suspension pending receipt of copy of foreign registration not permitted except in extraordinary situation— 1004.01
  • translation of— 1004.01(b)
  • use not required— 1009
• Form paragraphs— 705 – 705.01
• Fragrance as mark— 807.09 ; 1202.13
• Franchisees, use of mark by— 1201.03(e)
• Fraud— 720 ; 906.04
• Freedom of Information Act requests— 1803
  • for copies of letters of protest— 1715.05
• Functionality— 1202.02(a) – 1202.02(a)(viii)