Examination

When the application has been filed, the application is examined to ascertain whether the trade mark is acceptable for registration.

In most cases the official examination results are issued by the Registry within three months from filing the application, though recently this has been taking place much quicker and we have had examples where the examination report has been issued within one month.

Matters arising from the Official Letter may be such that they can be dealt with in correspondence or telephone conversations with the Registry. It may be necessary, however, to attend a Hearing at the Trade Marks Registry in order to discuss the application with a Senior Examiner.

If everything seems to be going well with your UK application you may like to consider applying for corresponding protection in other territories

Assuming that your UK application is eventually accepted by the Examiner, the application then goes forward to Publication