USPTO Research

Research every office action.
Find what won. See which lost.

Search 2.3 million real USPTO office action cases by refusal type, examiner, class, outcome, or the exact argument the examiner made — then build coexistence and crowded-field evidence, check fame, and search the ID Manual, all in one workspace.

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2.3M+

Office action cases analyzed

491K+

§2(d) refusals to research

2,900+

Examining attorneys tracked

74K+

ID Manual identifications

Search OAs

Search office actions like a database, not a filing cabinet

Full-text search across all recent OA cases. Filter by refusal type (Section 2(d), descriptiveness, specimen, disclaimer, and 20+ others), outcome (registered/abandoned/pending), examiner, Nice class, OA date, and response status.

  • Two search modes — search by case metadata (mark, owner, serial) or by OA document text (“doctrine of foreign equivalents”)
  • 20+ refusal type filters with hierarchical subtypes (Section 2(d) → Standard LOC, Identical Marks, Foreign Equivalents, etc.)
  • Examiner-specific research — filter by examining attorney to understand their patterns
  • Full OA and response text — read the actual office action and response side by side
  • Outcome tracking — see which cases ended in registration, abandonment, or are still pending
Find Similar Cases

Find cases like yours —
and see what worked

Point at your serial number and the system fingerprints your refusal grounds, argument hooks, classes, and examiner, then retrieves the most analogous prosecuted cases — progressively relaxing the criteria until it lands a useful cohort. Then select the winners for an AI strategy analysis.

  • Auto-retrieval funnel — matched on refusal grounds, argument hooks, overlapping classes, and examiner, then widened until it finds a useful cohort
  • Similarity scored 0–100 across goods, Nice classes, argument strategy, and cited marks
  • Outcomes at a glance — won, supplemental, abandoned, or pending, tallied across the cohort
  • AI strategy analysis — select winning cases for a synthesized playbook of winning arguments and examiner tendencies
  • Straight into drafting — “Draft Response Using This Strategy” carries any case into OA Drafting
Case Detail

Read the actual OA and response — side by side

Every case links to a full detail page with the original office action text, the response text, winning and losing arguments, cited marks, and a prosecution timeline.

  • Side-by-side document view — OA on the left, response on the right
  • Winning arguments extracted with effectiveness scores and category labels
  • Cited marks list — the marks the examiner cited, with live/dead status
  • Prosecution timeline — every event from filing to current status
  • Multi-round navigation — step through each round of prosecution

More than office actions

The same workspace builds the rest of your Section 2(d) response — coexistence, crowded-field, and fame evidence — plus the ID Manual you need to file.

Coexistence evidence

Auto-pull the examiner’s own §2(d) citations, find similar marks already coexisting on the register under different owners, and download a ready-to-file exhibit bundle — the In re Thor Tech argument, pre-built.

Crowded field research

Count the live registered and pending marks that already share a cited formative, with class distribution and largest-owner clusters — the “the cited mark is weak” argument in one click.

Fame check

Gauge whether a mark is famous — and famous in your market — across four verdict tiers, with a 45-class footprint grid and TTAB-enforcement signals, to size up broadened §2(d) or dilution risk.

ID Manual finder

Search 74,000+ pre-approved USPTO identifications with plain-English queries and real usage data — the fastest way to dodge the $200-per-class free-form surcharge.

From search to strategy in four steps

Research that used to take hours now takes minutes.

1

Search or point at your serial

Search by mark name, refusal type, examiner, or any keyword in the OA text — or enter your serial number to auto-find the most similar prosecuted cases.

2

Filter and browse results

Narrow by refusal type and the exact argument the examiner made, plus outcome, Nice class, examiner, OA date, and response status. Each result shows the mark, refusal badges, outcome, and goods.

3

Read the full OA and response

Open any case to read the actual office action and response side by side. See extracted winning and losing arguments, cited marks, and the prosecution timeline.

4

Turn research into a draft

Select winning cases for an AI strategy analysis, then carry the case you want to model straight into OA Drafting with “Draft Response Using This Strategy.”

What USPTO Research includes

Research tools built for trademark professionals handling office actions.

Full-text OA search

Search the actual text of office actions and responses — not just metadata. Find cases mentioning specific legal arguments, TMEP sections, or examiner reasoning.

Refusal & argument filters

Filter by 20+ refusal types with subtypes (Section 2(d), descriptiveness, specimen, disclaimer, identification, and more), then drill into the exact argument the examiner made with 36 Section 2(d) argument hooks read from the OA text.

Find similar cases

Point at your serial number and auto-retrieve the most analogous prosecuted cases — matched on refusal grounds, argument hooks, overlapping classes, and examiner, then progressively relaxed until it lands a useful cohort.

AI strategy analysis

Select a handful of winning cases and get an AI-synthesized playbook — common winning arguments, per-examiner tendencies, and a recommended response structure with citations, copyable or downloadable as Markdown.

Winning & losing arguments, scored

Winning and losing arguments are extracted and scored for effectiveness — including why the losing arguments failed — so you learn from both sides of the register.

One click into OA Drafting

Found the case you want to model? The “Draft Response Using This Strategy” button on any case carries it straight into GleanMark’s OA Drafting tool.

USPTO Research vs. manual research

What used to take hours of case-by-case TSDR searches now takes minutes.

Feature
USPTO Research
TSDR / ManualTraditional Watch
OA case database
All recent cases, full text
One case at a time
Not available
Refusal type filtering
20+ types with subtypes
Not available
Manual review
Full-text search
OA and response text
Not available
N/A
Find similar cases
Auto-retrieval, scored 0–100
Not available
Manual research
Argument extraction
Winning + losing with scores
Not available
Manual analysis
Time to research
Minutes
Hours per caseHours

Included in Professional and Max plans

USPTO Research is included at no additional cost.

Professional

Full access

$249/seat/mo

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Unlimited

$599–$699/seat/mo

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Starter

Not included

$99/mo

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Frequently asked questions

What attorneys and founders are saying

Real feedback from trademark professionals using GleanMark

Sign off with confidence

I use GleanMark across clearance, office action responses, and general research. What sets it apart from the other trademark tools is the depth of the record underneath GleanMark. On clearance, it surfaces the conflicting marks thoroughly and gives me enough on each one to make my own call and sign off with confidence, instead of relying on a black-box ranking. On office action responses, it brings not just the arguments but the actual evidence behind them. And for day-to-day research, I can get a straight answer on any owner, any proceeding, or any single mark in seconds.

Jessica Fleetham

Trademark Attorney, Evia Law

Built for decisions

Most trademark tools are built for search. GleanMark is built for decisions—it gives you the full picture on any mark in seconds instead of clicking through five government databases.

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Attorney—Branding, Licensing & IP

Game-changer

Every time I'm vetting a new brand name, I used to spend hours Googling, checking domain availability, and then paying hundreds of dollars for a trademark clearance report that took days to come back. GleanMark lets me search 14 million trademarks, check domains, and get a real answer in seconds—for free. It's a game-changer for anyone launching a new brand or startup.

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Founder & Investor, Author of Explosive Growth

Start researching the USPTO today

Search 2.3M+ office actions, find similar cases, build coexistence and fame evidence, and see which arguments won.

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