Prove the cited mark is weak, with a count the examiner can check.

Enter the cited formative and your classes. GleanMark returns every live registered mark that starts with it, with class spread and owner clusters, and exports the whole field.

  • Live, registered marks only. Pending and dead filings stay out.
  • No similarity scores to defend. A mark leads with the term or it doesn’t.
  • The export covers the whole field, not just the page on screen.
Crowded field on the registerTry a real formative

128

live registered marks lead with APEX

100

different owners

7

held by the largest owner

APEX alone · 52APEX + other words · 76

Classes these marks cover

Class 9
91
Class 42
45
Class 35
10
Class 41
7

Largest owner clusters

  • APEX MICROTECHNOLOGY, INC.7 marks
  • Elemental Scientific, Inc.6 marks
  • APTIV TECHNOLOGIES AG4 marks
Live register data · September 24, 2026Count your cited mark

On a real refusal

T TRINITY was refused over TRNITY. The register held 153 more TRINITY-formative registrations.

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Office action · §2(d)

T TRINITY

Retail sporting goods stores; retail clothing stores (Class 35). Refused over TRNITY (Reg. 7280714) for athletic apparel (class 25).

What the register showed

153

live TRINITY-formative registrations

103

different owners

Classes 25, 35 and 41. And TRINITY itself (Trinity University, 2019) already shares the register with the cited TRNITY (2024).

The draft argues the cited mark deserves only a narrow scope, and attaches the records as three exhibits.

Exhibit 1

Third-party TRINITY-formative registrations · record printouts

Reg. No.MarkOwnerClasses
6108736TRINITY SUPPLY CO.Catalyst Creative, LLC25
7267601TRINITY OUTFITTERSLone Star Apparel & Design, Inc.25, 35
2273474TRINITY UNIVERSITYTrinity University16, 18, 21, 24, 25
3451216TRINITYTrinity Episcopal Church of Baton Rouge25, 41
6421720TRINITY RESERVETrinity Reserve, LLC25
7821656TRINITY NUTRITION LABTrinity Nutrition Lab LLC5, 25
7133937TRINITY COASTCatalyst Creative, LLC25
4416491TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLINThe Provost, Fellows … of Trinity College Dublin25
7246461ENERGY TRINITYEnergy Trinity, Inc.25, 35, 36
5699362TRINITYTrinity University16, 21, 24, 25, 41

A selection from the exhibit's 25 record pages. Registrations owned by individuals are left out of this page.

How it works

The same count you would build by hand, without the afternoon.

  1. 01

    Start from the cited mark

    Enter the formative from the cited registration and the classes you care about. Terms under four characters match the whole mark exactly, so a short word does not sweep in every longer one.

    By hand: A TESS query per term and class, rerun for every variation.

  2. 02

    Read the live register

    GleanMark pulls every live, registered mark that leads with the term, plurals included, then groups the field by class and by owner. Pending and dead marks stay out of the count.

    By hand: Open each hit in TSDR to check its status and owner, then tally them in a spreadsheet.

  3. 03

    Export the whole field

    Download every mark in the field to Excel, not just the page on screen, ready to turn into your exhibit.

    By hand: Print or screenshot each record and assemble the exhibit one page at a time.

Why the argument works

When many owners register marks built on the same term for related goods, the term is weak, and consumers tell the marks apart by what else they say.

See Juice Generation v. GS Enterprises and Jack Wolfskin v. New Millennium Sports (both Fed. Cir. 2015). Registrations show the term is shared; evidence of use in the market adds weight, so pair the count with web evidence where you can.

Examiners relied on shared dominant wording in 37,000+ §2(d) office actions GleanMark has read.

Questions attorneys ask

That is the shape of the argument: marks that share the cited formative as their lead word. It keeps the count defensible, with nothing an examiner can call a stretch.

What’s the count on your cited mark?

Run it on your next §2(d) refusal. Included in Professional and Max.

Counts are live registered marks on the USPTO register as of September 24, 2026. Sample figures are from the published T TRINITY draft.