Reference · Service times
How long U.S. trademark applications took to reach key milestones
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office reported an average of 4.3 months to a first examining action and 10.4 months to registration or abandonment in its 1 October 2026 snapshot. Other processing steps use separate queues.
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Published averages
Shared scale · 0 months to 11 months
Published targets
Shared scale · 0 months to 11 months
Both bars in each view use months from filing.
A first examining action is an intermediate milestone
The trademark dashboard measures first action pendency from filing to the examining attorney’s first office action. The 1 October wait-time snapshot showed 4.3 months compared with a target of 5.0 months. An application can continue after that milestone. Source 1 Source 2
The later measure tracks a disposition
The wait-time page describes the later measure as registration or abandonment and reports 10.4 months. The dashboard explains the broader pendency methodology and the exclusion of some suspended and contested cases from its standard measure. Neither figure guarantees registration. Source 1 Source 2
Post-filing work moves through different queues
The USPTO separately reports statement of use, extension and divisional request processing. Those rows use days in the source table rather than months. The dashboard calls the statement-of-use target 15 business days. The figure here compares only the two month-based initial milestones. Source 1 Source 2
Use the live page and your case record for a pending application
The October values describe a dated snapshot and can change. The wait-time page identifies the filing dates currently being handled in some queues. The dashboard explains what the milestones measure, including renewal and other post-registration activity. Source 1 Source 2