A missed USPTO email or deadline can cost you an application or a registration. We watch your mark’s record at every stage, explain what each update means, and tell you what is due and by when.
Choose your stage and we’ll highlight the package built for it.
Each package follows one stage of a trademark’s life, so you only pay for the watching your mark needs now.
For applications still moving through USPTO examination.
Best for: owners who would rather not check TSDR themselves.
Monitor my applicationFor the stretch from approval through the opposition period.
Best for: applications the USPTO has approved and is about to publish.
Protect my applicationFor keeping a federal registration in good standing.
Best for: owners who already hold a registration and want to keep it.
Monitor my registrationPrices are Secure Mark USA service fees. The USPTO charges nothing for monitoring; any filing you later choose to make has its own USPTO fee, listed on the USPTO’s fee page.
A U.S. application passes several checkpoints, and most have a hard deadline attached. These are the moments monitoring is built around.
A USPTO examining attorney picks up the file, usually several months after filing.
We confirm the assignment
If the examiner raises an issue, you generally have three months to respond, plus one paid extension.
We alert you and track the deadline
Approved marks appear in the Official Gazette. Anyone has 30 days to oppose or ask for more time, up to 180 days.
We watch the opposition period
Use-based marks register after the opposition period. Intent-to-use marks first need a Statement of Use.
We confirm the registration
A Section 8 declaration is due between years 5 and 6, and a renewal every 10 years.
We track every window
Want the full picture? Read our trademark registration timeline, what “trademark pending” means, and how a trademark opposition works.
You can, and the USPTO record is public. The trouble is that notices go to the email on file, they are written in USPTO shorthand, and the clock starts on the issue date, not the day you notice.
A person on our Trademark Support Team reviews your record on schedule and tells you what changed in plain English.
An alert doesn’t mean disaster. These are the usual next steps, depending on what the USPTO sent.
Most refusals are fixable: clarified goods, a disclaimer, a better specimen. See what a refusal means, or our Office Action service.
An opposition is a proceeding before the TTAB with its own deadlines. This is the point to speak with a licensed trademark attorney.
When a maintenance window opens, we can prepare the filing for you through our renewal service. The deadlines are in our Section 8 and 9 guide.
It depends on where your mark is. For a pending application we watch the USPTO record for examiner assignment, Office Actions and other correspondence, and track response deadlines. Near publication we watch the Official Gazette and the opposition period. For a registered mark we track post-registration correspondence and the Section 8, 9 and 15 dates.
Pick the one that matches your mark's current USPTO status. Pending applications fit Ongoing Application Monitoring ($399 per quarter). Applications approved for publication fit Publication Support & Monitoring ($599 one time). Registered marks fit Post-Registration Maintenance & Monitoring ($449 per quarter). If you are unsure, send us your serial or registration number and we'll tell you.
No. The USPTO charges nothing for monitoring. Our prices are service fees only. Any filing you later decide to make, such as an Office Action response or a renewal, has its own USPTO fee.
After the USPTO publishes your mark in the Official Gazette, anyone who believes they would be harmed has 30 days to oppose it or ask for more time. Extensions can stretch that window to as long as 180 days from publication. We watch the TTAB record for both.
For most U.S. applications, three months from the issue date, with one three-month extension available for a USPTO fee. Missing the deadline abandons the application, which is why we track it from the day the action issues.
We alert you, explain in plain English what the USPTO sent or what changed, and give you the deadline. You decide the next step. We can prepare routine filings; for disputes such as an opposition, you should speak with a licensed trademark attorney.
Send us your serial or registration number and we’ll set up the right monitoring.
Secure Mark USA is a trademark filing service, not a law firm, and does not provide legal advice or employ attorneys. Monitoring covers the USPTO record for your own application or registration. Deadlines described here were checked on November 5, 2026 against USPTO guidance and can change. For oppositions, infringement disputes or advice on your rights, please consult a licensed trademark attorney.