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What is a non-substantive trademark office action?

Written by Jan Buza

Co-founder of Trama

A non-substantive office action is mainly concerned with procedural or administrative issues with the application rather than issues with the mark's registrability. The mark itself is not the problem; something in the application's form or supporting materials needs correction.

This kind of an office action commonly cites a missing or incorrect domicile address, errors in the owner's name or legal entity type, missing or insufficient payment, a deficient specimen (US), or a goods and services description using terminology not recognized by the IP office. These are generally straightforward to resolve by correcting the specific deficiency.

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