Examiner-style search methods running against 14 million USPTO records. Phonetic matching, visual similarity, coordinated class expansion, pseudo-mark resolution, foreign translation, and a full audit trail documenting every step. Need a written report? Order a $79 clearance report with DuPont analysis.
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Tested against the USPTO’s own answer key. In an August 2026 test on 192 applications the USPTO refused under Section 2(d), our search surfaced the examiner’s cited registration in 9 of 10 cases. Method available on request.
Exact match · tmzap
Sounds like · sound key TMSP
Spelled like · letter-pattern similarity
Word parts · across all 48 class codes
Looser spelling · in your classes
Near-misses · one sound off, or run together
Same meaning · by meaning, not spelling
440
different marks found
112
close enough to rank
7.8s
start to finish
14
Search methods per query
14M+
USPTO records searched
Seconds
Not hours of manual queries
Full
Audit trail on every search
Enter your mark once. The system runs exact match, pseudo-mark, phonetic, visual similarity, shared words, coordinated classes, word-level phonetic, and foreign translation — simultaneously. Every result shows which method found it and why.
See exactly what was searched, how many matches each method found, and how results were ranked. The same audit trail you'd want if you were documenting your search methodology for a client.
Exact match · tmzap
Sounds like · sound key TMSP
Spelled like · letter-pattern similarity
Word parts · across all 48 class codes
Looser spelling · in your classes
Near-misses · one sound off, or run together
Same meaning · by meaning, not spelling
440
different marks found
112
close enough to rank
7.8s
start to finish
Every search shows a risk breakdown: how many marks are critical conflicts, how many deserve review, and how many are low risk. See the highest-threat marks first, with similarity badges and class overlap indicators.
Top of the list
Stormforge, LLC · Class 42 · Registered
NuMe TMS Clinics, PLLC · Class 42 · Registered
Travel Media Group, LLC · Class 42 · Registered
Dongguan Benlei Shangmao Co., Ltd. · Class 9 · Pending
What takes an hour on USPTO.gov takes seconds here. For a deeper look at any specific match, jump to side-by-side similarity analysis.
Type the mark name and optionally select Nice classes. The system automatically decomposes compound words and identifies phonetic variants. Optionally include dead marks to evaluate prior use history.
Every search strategy runs simultaneously against 14M+ USPTO records. Results are organized by the method that found them — exact, pseudo-mark, phonetic, visual, component, and more.
Every result shows a similarity badge, the search method that surfaced it, and a plain-English explanation of why it's relevant. No black box.
Download a PDF report for your file, or escalate high-risk marks to a full Clearance Report with DuPont analysis and written recommendation.
The same depth an examiner brings — documented and exportable. Once a mark is filed, set up automated watch alerts so the next conflict surfaces before opposition windows close.
Exact match, pseudo-mark, phonetic similarity, visual patterns, shared word components, shared words in coordinated classes, word-level phonetic, similar meaning, and foreign translation. Examiner-style search strategies, selected automatically for your mark — automated and documented.
Finds marks that sound alike when spoken aloud and marks with similar letter patterns — the two factors that most often trigger Office Actions. Consumers encounter brands by ear and by glance; examiners test both.
Searches for marks sharing your word components in commercially related classes — not just your filed class. If you file in Class 25 (clothing), the system also checks Class 14 (jewelry) and Class 18 (bags) for marks with matching terms — because examiners do.
Under the Doctrine of Foreign Equivalents, a mark in Spanish, French, or other languages is evaluated by its English meaning. The system detects foreign words and searches for their translations.
A dedicated How We Searched tab documents every strategy that ran — as many as 22 in a single search, drawn from a library of 30 named examiner-style strategies across 11 doctrinal families — each with the literal query that ran, how many marks it matched, and a plain-English note on the examiner practice behind it, several citing TMEP directly. Every conflict traces back to the strategies that caught it. It discloses its own limits too. If a cleared mark later draws a refusal, this is the contemporaneous record of what was searched and why.
Compound marks like BARLYTICS are automatically split into components (bar + lytics) so each word is tested independently. Catches conflicts that whole-mark searches miss.
LUV IT reaches LOVE IT. DOGGIE STYLE reaches OUTBACK HOUND — doggie to dog is a respelling, dog to hound is meaning, and the chain is exactly the one an examiner walks. We search more than 17,000 approved word pairs — nearly 9 in 10 attested somewhere other than AI — resolving into roughly 7,800 equivalence families, mined from the pairings examiners actually relied on in real refusals and from USPTO's own pseudo-mark readings. A conflict that shares almost no letters with your mark still surfaces.
See how dense the field already is around your mark — counted by distinct owners, not raw marks, because ten registrations from one owner is a family, not a crowded field. The thresholds follow Jack Wolfskin and Juice Generation. Enter your goods and services and each conflict is scored semantically against its actual recitation — not just whether the class numbers match — across a corpus covering more than 99% of live marks.
Conflicts are grouped by owner and ranked by risk, so you can see every mark a given owner holds in your results rather than judging each hit in isolation. Hover any owner to see their TTAB record — oppositions, cancellations, and live proceedings — with an Aggressive Enforcer flag on owners who file often and usually as plaintiff. Pull two to four marks side by side for a direct comparison.
Grade each conflict yourself, reorder them, hide the ones that do not matter, rewrite the reasoning in your own words, and add outside marks by serial number. Export that marked-up version as PDF or Excel — and when you edit our reasoning, the original is preserved alongside your version, so the record shows both.
Generate a professional report with conflict tables, risk breakdown, search methodology documentation, and step-by-step appendices — as PDF, Word, or Excel. Ready for your client file.
What used to take an hour of manual queries on USPTO.gov now takes seconds.
| Capability | GM GleanMark Knockout Search | USPTO.gov (Manual) | Basic Keyword Tools |
|---|---|---|---|
| Search methods | Up to 22 examiner-style strategies per search, selected for your mark | 1 query at a time (Boolean) | Keyword only |
| Phonetic matching | Automated (Metaphone + Double Metaphone) | Manual query construction | Not available |
| Coordinated classes | Automatic expansion | Manual lookup | Not available |
| Foreign translation | Doctrine of Foreign Equivalents built in | Manual research | Not available |
| Results ranking | Scored by similarity + class overlap | Unranked list | Basic relevance |
| Audit trail | Every step documented | No audit trail | No audit trail |
| Time per search | Seconds, not hours | 30-60 minutes | ~10 seconds |
| Report export | PDF, Word, or Excel | Copy/paste | Not available |
Knockout searches are designed for fast screening. For marks that need deeper analysis, Clearance Reports add DuPont analysis, domain/web research, and a written recommendation.
Knockout searches are included with your subscription — no per-search charges. The Free plan includes 2 a month.
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