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What is the process of trademark registration?

Answer Nowadays, it usually takes about a year to obtain a registered trademark certificate. The specific process can be found here: The internal process of a new application for registration at the Trademark Office mainly includes: receipt, form review (written review), scanning Entry, proofreading, payment (payment), content review, printing acceptance notice, card classification, actual review, rejection or preliminary review, printing rejection notice or typesetting announcement, printing registration certificate, and issuing documents. Receipt of documents: All application materials can be submitted by mail. If you submit them directly to the Trademark Office lobby, the agency has a special window for receiving documents. Submit the self-prepared list in duplicate together with the application materials, and get a stamped receipt. Form review (written review): Application documents submitted on the same day usually arrive at the document review department the next day. The general review of the document review: whether the written format is correct, whether the signature with the official seal is complete and clear, and the qualification certificate of the subject (business license, individual business license) household, foreign enterprise certification) is true and valid. If there is a new application that does not meet the requirements, it will not be accepted. If the application is not accepted at this stage, it only means that the quality of the agency is too poor! Although no fees will be deducted and you can resubmit, the application time will not be retained. This process normally takes about two or three days. Scanning and entry proofreading: This process takes about 20 days. Payment (payment): The agency company deposits official fees in advance into the account established by the Trademark Office. Insufficient funds in the account may also cause the application to be rejected. Computer verification takes about two days. Content review: Examiners from the Application Acceptance Office will review the declared product names or service items and trademark drawings. If there are any problems, a trademark correction notice will be issued. This process takes about a month. Print the acceptance notice: The agency can get it directly at the acceptance hall about a week after printing the acceptance notice. It takes about two weeks to receive it by mail from other places. Card classification: When the Trademark Office first accepted trademark applications, they were directly written into cards for filing and classification processing, and there was no computer system. This process mainly distributes application materials to the review offices (eight review offices). Because there is a backlog of cases, it takes about 4 to 6 months to get them reviewed. Practical examination: The most critical step is when the examiner initially examines whether there is a prior identical or similar trademark and gives a conclusion. Rejection or preliminary approval: The conclusion will be reviewed by the director. It takes about ten days from actual review to review. Print the rejection notice or layout announcement: Print the rejection notice after about half a month, or type the announcement after about one month. Print the registration certificate and issue the document: Three months after the announcement, if there is no objection, the registration certificate should be printed and the document issued. It will take about half a month from printing the registration certificate to issuing the document and then getting the registration certificate. Trademark registration