You can check the status of a U.S. trademark application or registration for free in the USPTO's TSDR system. TSDR (Trademark Status and Document Retrieval) shows the official status, the full file, and every document the USPTO has issued or received.
This page is the how-to. For what each status label means, see our guide to understanding TSDR status.
Check a trademark in TSDR
Choose serial number for a pending application, or registration number if the mark is already registered, and enter the number. You can also search by the mark or the owner's name if you do not have the number.
Open the Status tab. This is the official status of the file.
Click Expand All under Mark Information to see the full details, including the mark, the owner, the goods and services, and important dates.
Open the Documents tab to view office actions, responses, notices, and the registration certificate (if one has issued).
Status updates can take a few days to appear in TSDR after a filing or a USPTO action. If you just filed something, wait a short time and check again.
What you can see in the file
Status and prosecution history. The current status and a timeline of USPTO actions. If the status is "Published for Opposition," see our published-for-opposition article.
Documents. Almost every paper in the file is here, including office actions, responses, notices of allowance, and statements of use.
Renewal and maintenance dates. For a registration, TSDR lists the windows for the Section 8 declaration (between the 5th and 6th year) and later renewals. See how to renew a U.S. trademark.
The registration certificate. If the mark has registered, the certificate is a free PDF in the Documents tab. Our certificate download article has the steps.
Email from the USPTO, and messages that are not from the USPTO
The USPTO emails the owner and the attorney of record when the application is published, allowed, registered, or refused. Keep the email address on the file current, and check spam folders.
The USPTO will not call or email you out of the blue and ask you to pay a fee over the phone. Treat unexpected invoices that use your serial or registration number as suspicious. See our guide to trademark scams.
If Markavo is your attorney of record, we also send status updates by email when the USPTO takes an action on your file.