Responding to Office Actions

After submission of documents to Rospatent, the received application is registered and sent for examination. First, experts conduct a formal examination, and then analyze the declared trademark. If at any of these stages the specialists of the patent office have questions, then the applicant is sent a request.


Depending on the required information, experts send a request:


  • On the provision of a document confirming the payment of the duty in the required amount.
  • About clarifying, correcting or adding information about the applicant.
  • About changing, clarifying, supplementing information related to the trademark.


Trademark inquiries relate to the description of the object, the presented image, the reduction of the list of goods and services according to the ICGS and other actions aimed at increasing the level of uniqueness and the degree of protectability of the designation.


Regardless of the nature and content of the request, it is important for the applicant to know that:


  • Sending a response is an optional action, the owner of the designation has the right not to respond and not to send additional information to Rospatent.
  • The request specifies the period within which the person can respond. If the applicant missed this period for a good reason, then they admit the filing of a petition for the restoration of the missed deadline.
  • Sending documents does not automatically mean accepting or changing the original information. Experts first consider the information received and then decide whether to attach the documents to the application and take into account the changes, or refuse to do so.


Zuykov and partners will tell you how to respond to requests from experts from the patent office, help you draw up documents correctly and send them on time.


Clients

Proizvodstvo No.1 LLC

Patent search was conducted, trademarks were registered. Assistance in registration of rights transfer was rendered. Client advocacy in the Chamber for Patent Disputes.

ISTOK LLC

Assessment of chances for trademark registration. Submitting applications with Rospatent and acquiring certificates of protection. Advocacy of the client’s trademark rights in the Chamber for Patent Disputes.

ISTOK LLC

Assessment of chances for trademark registration. Submitting applications with Rospatent and acquiring certificates of protection. Advocacy of the client’s trademark rights in the Chamber for Patent Disputes.

GSH Trademarks Limited

Patent searches for new trademarks and design inventions were conducted. Assessment of the chances of registering the objects.

GSH Trademarks Limited

Patent searches for new trademarks and design inventions were conducted. Assessment of the chances of registering the objects.

GSH Trademarks Limited

Patent searches for new trademarks and design inventions were conducted. Assessment of the chances of registering the objects.

Belaya Sila
Staraya Moskva
Posolskaya
Zimnaya Doroga
Abakanskoye
Briman
Ordinarnoye
Russkiy Sever
Etalon
Karelya
Oreanda
Global Spirits
Solodovaya
Wine & Beer
Avita
Rublevka
Vojna I Mir
Ipatovskoye
Zvezdi Praskoveyi
Grenadier
Talskaya

After the applicant has drawn up and filed an application, the Patent Office registers the received documents and begins to conduct an examination. During the examination, Rospatent specialists may have questions. In this case, they send to the applicant a request and ask to send the missing documents, provide clarifications, clarify information or make changes to the application or to the object. The owner of the intellectual property has the right to choose whether to respond to the experts' request or not. In case of a positive decision, it is worth responding within the time limit set by the request. The experts will attach the received information and take it into account when examining the application.

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