Response to Suspension Inquiry or Letter of Suspension

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	Trademark Electronic Application System - TEAS Application
	United States Patent and Trademark Office

TEAS - Version 5.0 : 10/27/2012

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Please enter the serial number of the pending application for which you wish to respond to a Suspension Inquiry or Letter of Suspension. Then, click on the NEXT button, below. NOTE: You must respond to a Suspension Inquiry within six (6) months from the issue/mailing date of the Suspension Inquiry. 15 U.S.C. §1062(b); 37 C.F.R. §2.62. If the issue/mailing date of the Suspension Inquiry is not known, please access the USPTO website at TSDR System, insert the application serial number, and view the applicable prosecution history event.

Although not required, you may use this form to respond to an actual Letter of Suspension, to present arguments in favor of removal of the application from suspension. Applicant's election not to present argument during suspension will not affect the applicant's right to present argument later should a refusal, in fact, issue at a later point. If a refusal does issue, the applicant will be afforded six (6) months from the mailing or e-mailing date of that Office action to submit a response. Within this form, you may also enter additional data to satisfy an existing requirement(s) or other matter if appropriate, for example, to amend the listing of goods/services or enter a disclaimer.

NOTE: This form has a session time limit of 60 minutes. A session begins once you create and enter the form via the Form Wizard. If you exceed the 60 minute time limit, the form will not validate and you must begin the entire process again; however, you can extend the time limit. You are encouraged to have all information required to complete the form available prior to starting your session.

Required fields are indicated with an asterisk (*).

FOLLOW THE 5 STEPS TO ACCESS THE RESPONSE FORM:

STEP 1: CHECK STATUS.
To use this form, the "Current Status" of your application must be either "An Office action suspending further action on the application has been sent (issued) to the applicant" or "A suspension inquiry has been sent (issued) to the applicant." Click here to confirm the status before proceeding. If the application is not in the correct status, you must wait until the status is updated (usually 48-72 hours after receiving an e-mail notice that a letter of suspension or suspension inquiry has been sent (issued)). Otherwise, you will receive an error message when you click the "Continue" button at Step 5.

STEP 2: ENTER APPLICATION SERIAL NUMBER BELOW OR ACCESS PREVIOUSLY FILLED-OUT/SAVED FORM.

* Serial Number: (required only if completing a new response form; otherwise, access saved form, below)

OR

To access previously-saved data, use the "Browse/Choose File" button below to access the file from your local drive , and then click the "Continue" button at Step 4. You cannot change your answers to the form wizard questions at Step 3; however, you can change data within an existing section(s) of a saved form. To introduce a completely new section, you must start a new form. For further instructions for retrieving your saved data, click here. You must follow these instructions to ensure that you can view your data in the expected editable format.

NOTE: This button should not be used to attempt to upload or attach any other file, for example, a specimen image or a foreign registration certificate. For these or any other types of attachments, after answering "Yes" to the appropriate wizard question(s), you can then attach the file within the specific part of the form relating to that issue.

Burden/Privacy Statement

The information collected on this form allows the PTO to determine whether a mark may be registered on the Principal or Supplemental register, and provides notice of an applicant's claim of ownership of the mark. Responses to the request for information are required to obtain the benefit of a registration on the Principal register. 15 U.S.C. §1051 et seq. and 37 C.F.R. Part 2. All information collected will be made public. Gathering and providing the information will require an estimated 10 minutes (depending if the application is based on an intent to use the mark in commerce, use of the mark in commerce, or a foreign application or registration). Please direct comments on the time needed to complete this form, and/or suggestions for reducing this burden to the Chief Information Officer, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, U.S. Department of Commerce, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450. Please note that the PTO may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information using a form that does not display a valid OMB control number.

Sun May 19 21:27:05 EDT 2013