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The necessary procedures for applying for registered trademark include five stages: application, formal examination, substantive examination, preliminary examination announcement, and registration.

The first stage: After preparing the application documents and submitting them to the Trademark Office, you can get the submission list receipt from the Trademark Office on the same day. The list receipt has the "accepted" stamp and the receipt of the document from the Trademark Office through the center. date, proving that the Trademark Office has received the relevant application documents. Generally, the original list receipt cannot be given to the customer, but only a copy, because the original list receipt is used by the agency to reconcile accounts with the Trademark Office.

The second stage: It will take about 1-3 months from the date when the Trademark Office receives the application documents to issue an "Acceptance Notice". Receipt of the "Acceptance Notice" proves that the application documents have been approved. The formal examination by the Trademark Office has entered the substantive examination stage. There is an application number on the acceptance notice of each trademark application. Substantive examination must be conducted in sequence and cannot be advanced under any circumstances.

The third stage: The substantive review will be completed about one to one and a half years after the acceptance notice. If the trademark passes the substantive review, the Trademark Office will issue a preliminary approval announcement for three months.

The fourth stage: After the preliminary approval announcement period expires and no one raises any objection, the Trademark Office will issue a registration announcement. The registration announcement proves that the trademark has been approved and the trademark applicant has obtained exclusive rights to the trademark. right.

The fifth stage: The trademark registration certificate can be obtained in about one month from the date of the registration announcement.