The U.S. trademark registration process is as follows:
1. Submit an application. The Chinese company submits a trademark registration application to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), and at the same time submits an application for trademark registration in the United States. Required materials;
2. Formal review. When the U.S. trademark authority, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) receives a trademark registration application, it will arrange for staff to review whether the trademark application complies with the requirements. The basic trademark registration requirements will be reviewed. If the formal review is successfully passed, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will issue a trademark application date and issue a trademark acceptance notification document;
3. Substantive review, trademark application After passing the formal examination, the staff of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will conduct a further substantive examination of the trademark registration application to determine whether the trademark can be registered. If it cannot be decided to be registered after review, the application will be rejected along with the reasons for rejection and the applicant will be asked to correct the relevant content;
4. Publish an announcement. After the trademark registration application has passed the substantive examination in the United States, This trademark registration application will be published in the official trademark journal of the United States for a period of 3 months. During this period, anyone has the right to lodge an objection to the trademark registration application.
5. Approval of registration. During the announcement period, if the trademark registration application does not receive any objections in the United States or the objections are not established, the trademark will be officially approved for registration by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
The U.S. trademark registration fee is divided into two parts: the registrar's fee and the agency fee. Since August 3 last year, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has required Chinese companies and individuals to apply for U.S. trademarks, which can only be submitted by U.S. lawyers. Therefore, you must now apply for a trademark agency to register a U.S. trademark. The official fees are as follows:
1. If the application is made through traditional paper methods, the application fee for each type of U.S. trademark registration is US$500;
2. If the application is approved If the U.S. trademark is registered through the teas regular application method of the U.S. electronic application, the official application fee for each U.S. trademark registration category is US$400;
3. If the U.S. trademark is registered through the teasrf application method of the electronic application , the official application fee for each U.S. trademark registration type is US$272;
4. If the U.S. trademark is registered through the teasplus application method of electronic application, the official application fee for each U.S. trademark registration type is $225.
Each trademark registration agency charges different fees, generally ranging from 4,000 to 7,000, depending on the services they provide.