--- title: "USPTO base trademark application in Trademark Center" url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/intellectual-property-patents-trade-marks-copyright-designs/us-trademark-application" type: "precedent" site: "AI Law Framework" id: "a23-us-trademark-application" area_id: "A23" kind: "form" ai_level: "yellow" version: 1 task_ids: ["A23-B15-1", "A23-T1-R5", "A23-T1-R4"] law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-22" --- # USPTO base trademark application in Trademark Center > Link to the USPTO base trademark application filed in Trademark Center. The application needs a verified statement under 37 CFR 2.33. The tool does not write that statement. Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/intellectual-property-patents-trade-marks-copyright-designs/us-trademark-application Law stated as at: 2026-10-22 Site index for agents: https://ailawframework.com/llms.txt ## Key facts - Kind: Form. A form to complete, or a guide to completing an official one. - Practice area: [Intellectual Property — Patents, Trade Marks, Copyright, Designs](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/intellectual-property-patents-trade-marks-copyright-designs.md) - Jurisdictions: United States - AI level: Yellow. You and the tool draft together, with you directing. You check every statement you rely on. - Law stated as at: 2026-10-22 - Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-22 against the official form at uspto.gov and the 3 authorities it cites, for United States. ## When to use it Use when an owner files a new U.S. trademark application. As of 18 January 2025 the USPTO page says Trademark Center is where that application is filed. Check the current TEAS retirement note before using an older form. ## Used for these tasks - [Draft a trade mark specification of goods and services and check it against the IP Australia trade marks page](https://ailawframework.com/practice/intellectual-property-patents-trade-marks-copyright-designs/draft-a-trade-mark-specification-of-goods-and-services-and-check-it-agai.md) - [Draft a trade mark goods and services specification](https://ailawframework.com/practice/intellectual-property-patents-trade-marks-copyright-designs/draft-a-trade-mark-goods-and-services-specification.md) - [Build a trade mark clearance conflict table](https://ailawframework.com/practice/intellectual-property-patents-trade-marks-copyright-designs/build-a-trade-mark-clearance-conflict-table.md) ## How AI may be used The tool may check a lawyer-prepared goods list against the ID Manual headings the lawyer supplies, and it must not write the verified statement or any allegation of use, ownership or intent. **AI may:** - Compare a lawyer-prepared identification with the requirement that identifications be selected from the ID Manual in Trademark Center - List which base-application items on the USPTO table are still blank in a checklist the lawyer has started - Flag a domicile outside the United States or its territories so the lawyer can add attorney name, postal address, email and bar information **AI must not:** - Must not write or edit the verified statement, including ownership, use in commerce, intent to use, the specimen allegation, or the 'no other person' allegation - Must not choose the filing basis under 37 CFR 2.34, 2.44 or 2.45 - Must not describe the mark, claim colour, translate wording, or say whether a name identifies a living individual - Must not sign the application or state that the facts are true **The lawyer checks:** - The application includes the owner's name, domicile address and email, the legal entity, and citizenship or the place of incorporation or organisation - There is at least one filing basis that satisfies 37 CFR 2.34, 2.44 or 2.45, a fee for each class, and identifications selected from the ID Manual - The verified statement meets 37 CFR 2.33, 2.44 or 2.45, and is dated and signed by a person properly authorised to sign for the owner - Section 1(a) allegations and section 1(b) or 44 allegations are different. A statement not filed within a reasonable time after signing may have to be replaced - A domicile outside the United States or its territories requires the attorney's name, postal address, email and bar information - Trademark Center is the system the USPTO named, as of 18 January 2025, for a new application. The apply page says specified TEAS forms retire in late October, without stating the year on that bullet. Madrid filings based on a U.S. application or registration go through WIPO Madrid e-Filing from 1 October 2026 ## Authorities - [USPTO, Trademarks: apply, page opened 22 October 2026](https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/apply) - [USPTO, Base application requirements, page opened 22 October 2026](https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/apply/base-application-requirements) - [37 CFR 2.33, Verified statement for a trademark or service mark (eCFR, source note 80 FR 33178, 11 June 2015)](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-37/section-2.33) ## Official form [Official form](https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/apply/base-application-requirements) ## Where this comes from The official form is published by uspto.gov; this page is a completion guide. Last checked on 2026-10-22. ## Full text and drafting notes The full text and the drafting notes are not part of this public page. Signed-in firm accounts can read them at https://ailawframework.com/precedents/intellectual-property-patents-trade-marks-copyright-designs/us-trademark-application and through the signed-in MCP connector https://ailawframework.com/mcp/firm. *Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*