Federal Trademark Search
Search the entire USPTO federal register — live, pending, and dead marks — with phonetic, visual, and semantic matching.
The Federal Register: Foundation of Any Search
The federal register contains every trademark application and registration ever filed with the USPTO — over 3.3 million active registrations and millions more pending and dead records. If an existing federal registration conflicts with your proposed mark, the examining attorney will refuse your application under Section 2(d).
Beyond Basic Keyword Matching
We use commercial-grade matching: phonetic matching for marks that sound similar, visual matching for letter patterns and character substitutions, and semantic matching for marks with related meanings. This is significantly more thorough than manual querying.
Why Dead Marks Matter
A "dead" mark in the federal register — cancelled, abandoned, or expired — may still have enforceable common law rights if the mark is still in use. This is why comprehensive searching includes common law sources alongside the federal register.
Federal Search as Part of Comprehensive Clearance
A federal-only search is a starting point, not a destination. Every search we conduct includes the federal register as one of three layers — ensuring the full picture.
Three tiers. One standard of rigor.
- Federal + state + common law search
- Risk-ranked results
- Delivered in 2 business days
- Everything in Search Only
- Written attorney opinion letter
- Go / no-go recommendation
- Everything in Search + Opinion
- 60-minute attorney consultation
- Fee credited toward registration