Average process time for Services of Trade Mark Registry
SN |
Type / nature of office action |
Average time for disposal (working days) |
1 |
Issuance of Acknowledgement Receipt on filing application. This includes following steps:
|
Fifteen days |
2 |
Issuance of 1st Examination Report on application. This includes following steps:
|
Four months |
3 |
Action on reply received from the applicant |
Three months |
4 |
Acceptance and subsequent publication on compliance of all legal/codal requirements. This includes following steps:
|
Two months |
5 |
Process time to decide an Opposition proceedings |
It depends on case to case basis |
6 |
Registration of Trade mark – where no opposition received. It includes following steps: Acceptance, publication, opposition time (02 months) and issuance of demand notice. |
Six months |
7 |
Issuance of Registration Certificate of trademark after publication from reception of Fee for Demand Notice |
Three months |
8 |
Trademark Search Report from request on form TM-55 |
Fifteen days |
9 |
Miscellaneous requests where hearing is NOT required e.g.;
|
one months |
10 |
Process time to decide invalidation / cancellation Proceedings |
It depends on case to case basis |