File Extension of Use For Your Trademark
If you need more time before filing your Statement of Use, you can request an extension. Each extension gives you 6 additional months, which gives you more time to register your trademark. Start now!
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About USPTO Extension of Use For Your Trademark
If you do not file an extension request within six months of your Notice of Allowance, your application will be abandoned and the mark cannot be registered. You can re-apply later, but you will lose your original priority date.
Applications filed on the basis of Intent to Use require a Statement of Use and are eligible for extensions of time. An extension helps secure your rights and borrow more time, but you must still provide evidence of use by the new deadline.
A Request for Extension of Time to File a Statement of Use (USPTO Form 1-751) allows you to push your SOU deadline out by six months per request. You may file up to five extensions (30 months total), but this only extends the filing deadline, not your date of first use.
When to File Extension of Use ?
You can file an extension before your six-month deadline, starting from your Notice of Allowance if you haven't yet used the mark. If you have already started using the mark, you must file a Statement of Use instead of an extension.
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Frequently Asked Questions
It’s extra time you ask from the USPTO before filing your Statement of Use. Each extension gives you six more months to show you’re using your mark.
File it by your current deadline—six months after you get your Notice of Allowance—before it expires.
You can ask for up to five extensions. That gives you up to 30 extra months in total.