If, on examination of an application, it appears that a trade-mark is entitled to registration, the mark will be published at least once in the Official Gazette of the Patent Office. Such publication shall be at least thirty days prior to the date of registration.
A Sherwin-Williams advertising symbol.
If no notice of opposition be filed within thirty days after such publication, the applicant or his attorney will be notified of the allowance of his application, and a certificate of registration will be granted.
Under certain conditions amendments may be made in an application.
Every applicant whose mark has been twice refused registration by the Examiner of Trade-marks for the same reasons upon grounds involving the merits of the application, may appeal to the Commissioner, in person, upon a payment of a fee of fifteen dollars.
From an adverse decision by the Commissioner of Patents an appeal may be taken to the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia.
The well-known trade-mark of the National Lead Company.