How to file a "Allegation of Use" form
Required After "Intent to Use" Trademark Registrations
An "Intent to Use" trademark application is approved by the issuance of a "Notice of Allowance" which gives the applicant 6 months from the date of its issuance to file an on-line "Allegation of Use" form.
- CLICK HERE for an easy to understand explaination of "Intent to Use" trademark applications
Instructions for Filing
Allegation of Use
- If you want the Small Business Legal Clinic to help you with the Allegation of Use, send an email to the Clinic's director Mark Bobb (mbobb@fiu.edu) to request the assistance, otherwise follow the instructions below.
- Go to the form on the USPTO website and log-in. If you don't have a personal account you must create one. After clicking the link click "Create a USPTO.gov Account" then follow the instructions to create the new account then log-in
- Once you have logged-in and you have the actual form on your screen enter your trademark application's "serial number" (which you can find on the receipt that was emailed to you when you first filed your trademark application).
- Nothing else needs to be done on that page. Click "continue" on the bottom.
- On the next page follow the instructions to upload the digital images ("specimens").
CLICK HERE for a tutorial on how to create specimens