The applicant should receive a response to the application from the USPTO within six months from filing the application. However, the total time for an application to be processed may be anywhere from a year to two years.
Why Should a mark be registered?
Trademark registration on the Principal Register provides exclusive rights to prevent unauthorized use of the trademark. The main benefits of registering a trademark are that, it provides: a) constructive notice to the public of the registrant’s claim of ownership of the mark; b) a legal presumption of the registrant’s ownership of the mark and the registrant’s exclusive right to use the mark nationwide on or in connection with the goods and/or services listed in the registration; c) the ability to bring an action concerning the mark in federal court; d) the use of the U.S registration as a basis to obtain registration in foreign countries; and e) the ability to file the U.S. registration with the U.S. Customs Service to prevent importation of infringing foreign goods.