The same USPTO data, put together for trademark attorneys: each mark’s file, deadlines, owner, firm and Board history in one place, and search inside the Office Actions and TTAB filings themselves.
Mark, owner, firm and Board records are a click apart, so a status check or a look at the other side does not mean moving between Trademark Search, TSDR and TTABVUE.
Each trademark page puts status, file documents, deadlines and ownership together, with TTAB cases and similar marks on paid plans, so nothing important sits on a site you forgot to check.
Search the text of real Office Actions and the responses filed to them, and what the Board and the parties wrote in TTAB cases, to see how the same issue was argued before.
What each step of trademark research looks like on GleanMark and on USPTO.gov. Plan limits are noted where they apply.
| Feature | GM GleanMark | USPTO.gov |
|---|---|---|
| Trademark pages | IncludedOne page per mark: status, a Mark History timeline, every document in the USPTO file (search and filter them, open any with one click), contacts and assignments. Sign in free for an AI summary of the file; TTAB cases on paid plans | TSDR shows status and file documents, one mark at a time |
| Deadlines | IncludedA Deadlines tab on every trademark page: Office Action responses, statements of use, opposition periods, Section 8, 15 and 9 filings and their grace periods, plus what was already met. Dates with a free account; Professional and Max add a docket across all your clients’ marks | TSDR's Maintenance tab shows a registration's next renewal filing |
| Owner pages | IncludedAny owner's full portfolio, broken down by status and class, with its TTAB record (no account needed) | Search the owner field in Trademark Search, then open each record |
| Firm & attorney pages | IncludedEach firm's and attorney's clients, their marks by class and status, the firm's attorneys, and its TTAB cases | The attorney of record appears on each mark's record |
| TTAB cases | IncludedSearch more than 650,000 Board records (oppositions, cancellations, ex parte appeals and extensions of time) by party, proceeding, serial or registration number, no account needed | TTABVUE, a separate USPTO site with its own search |
| Search inside Office Actions | IncludedFull-text search of Office Action letters and the responses filed to them. Filter by refusal type, examiner, class and outcome; read each letter and response side by side (Professional and Max) | Each letter and response is read in its own file in TSDR |
| Search inside TTAB filings | IncludedMore than 900,000 passages from Board decisions, orders, briefs and answers, searchable by your words or by meaning, each labeled with who wrote it. Find cases by how they ended, no party name needed (Professional and Max, beta) | Filings are opened case by case in TTABVUE |
| TESS-style search | Included23 field codes, Form and Query modes, wildcards, phonetic expansion, coordinated classes, AND/OR/NOT across earlier searches, saved sessions, PDF or spreadsheet export (Professional and Max) | TESS was retired Nov 30, 2023. Trademark Search uses field tags, with sound-alikes written as regular expressions |
| Sound-alikes & look-alikes | IncludedSearch results include sound-alikes, look-alikes, shared words and foreign equivalents, labeled by how they matched, with a Match Method filter (every plan) | Write a regular expression for each spelling or sound variant |
| Goods & services search | IncludedA G&S mode in the main search box searches the wording of every identification | The GS field tag in Trademark Search |
| Knockout search | IncludedEnter the mark, classes and goods/services; every conflict is scored for how close the marks are and how much the goods overlap, the relatedness question §2(d) turns on (2 a month on Free) | Run each variant yourself and judge relatedness from the records |
| Clearance reports | IncludedA du Pont factor analysis and a risk level for each conflict, covering the federal register plus a web and domain check ($79 each on Free; included monthly on paid plans) | Not offered |
| Similar marks & compare | IncludedSimilar Marks tab on every trademark page (Professional and Max); a Compare page puts up to 5 marks side by side | Compare records yourself |
| Alerts & watches | IncludedMore than 30 alert types: status changes, prosecution events, deadlines, TTAB filings, ownership changes and citations, on every plan (3 marks on Free). Watches on new filings from Starter | MyUSPTO dockets can email status changes for marks you add to them |
| AI | IncludedAI summary of any mark’s file (free account); prosecution and TTAB case summaries (Starter and up); Markus answers research questions in plain English (5 messages a month on Starter, unlimited on Professional and Max) | AI image search for design marks (beta since April 2026, USPTO.gov account required) |
| Office Action response drafts | IncludedA first draft of the response for you to review and edit (1 a month on Starter, 3 per seat on Professional, unlimited on Max) | Not offered |
| Price | NoteFree to search; paid plans from $99 a month | Free |
| Official status | NoteThird-party (uses USPTO data) | Official government source |
USPTO.gov column checked October 24, 2026 against the USPTO’s own pages: TESS retirement notice (Oct 18, 2023) · AI image search beta (Apr 2, 2026) · TSDR Maintenance tab · MyUSPTO docket alerts.
USPTO.gov is the authoritative source — GleanMark is built to complement it
Built on USPTO data, organized so the research behind your advice takes fewer steps
Know what is due before the client asks. The Deadlines tab lists Office Action responses, statements of use, opposition periods and Section 8, 15 and 9 filings with their grace periods, and shows what was already met.
Dates with a free accountSee how examiners and real applicants handled the refusal you are facing. Search the text of Office Action letters and the responses filed to them, filter by refusal type, examiner, class and outcome, and read each pair side by side.
Professional & MaxFind what the Board held and how the parties argued it, across more than 900,000 passages from decisions, orders, briefs and answers. Each passage is labeled with who wrote it, so a party's brief is not mistaken for a holding.
Professional & Max (beta)Answer a client's status question from one screen: status, the Mark History timeline, every document in the USPTO file, contacts and assignments. Sign in for an AI summary of the file.
No account neededSize up a client's or an adversary's portfolio from one page: every mark, broken down by status and class, with its TTAB record and, for larger portfolios, filing activity over time.
No account neededKnow who is on the other side. See a firm's or attorney's clients, their marks by class and status, the firm's other attorneys, and its TTAB cases.
Keep the workflow TESS taught you: 23 field codes, Form and Query modes, wildcards, phonetic expansion, coordinated classes, AND/OR/NOT across earlier searches, saved sessions, and PDF or spreadsheet export.
Professional & MaxScreen a name before the client commits. A knockout scores each conflict on how close the marks are and how much the goods overlap; a clearance report adds a du Pont factor analysis and a risk level for each conflict.
Free: 2 knockouts a monthMore than 30 alert types cover status changes, prosecution events, deadlines, TTAB filings, ownership changes and citations. Watches flag new filings that may conflict with your marks.
Every plan; watches from StarterNo, it's a complement. You still file at USPTO.gov. GleanMark puts the USPTO's trademark and TTAB records in one place, adds deadlines and owner and firm pages, and lets you search inside Office Actions and TTAB filings, so the research behind your advice takes fewer steps.
From the USPTO's public trademark and TTAB data, loaded every day. It is the same official data that Trademark Search, TSDR and TTABVUE show.
Five searches a day across 14M USPTO records, every trademark page with its file documents and the types of deadlines coming up, owner and firm pages, and TTAB case search.
Unlimited searching, deadline dates on every trademark page, an AI summary of a mark’s file, monitoring and email alerts on 3 marks and 1 owner, and 2 knockout searches a month. Clearance reports are $79 each.
Each trademark page has a Deadlines tab listing what is due (Office Action responses, statements of use, opposition periods, Section 8, 15 and 9 filings, and grace periods) and what was already met. Anyone can see the types of deadlines; sign in with a free account to see the dates. Professional and Max add a docket of every deadline across your clients’ marks.
The USPTO retired TESS on November 30, 2023. GleanMark's TESS-style search, on Professional and Max, keeps the workflow attorneys relied on: 23 field codes, Form and Query modes, wildcards, phonetic expansion, coordinated classes, AND/OR/NOT across earlier searches, saved sessions, and PDF or spreadsheet export. The USPTO's own Trademark Search is free and uses its own field tags and regular expressions.
Yes, on Professional and Max (USPTO Research). Search the text of Office Action letters and the responses filed to them, filter by refusal type, examiner, Nice class and outcome, and read each letter and its response side by side. Other tabs gather evidence for Thor Tech pairs, crowded-field and disclaimer arguments, find the Board’s fame rulings, and show who else was refused over the same cited mark.
Yes, on Professional and Max (TTAB research, in beta). The Passages tab searches more than 900,000 passages from Board decisions and orders, briefs and answers, by your words or by meaning, and labels each one with who wrote it: the Board, the examining attorney or a party. The Cases tab finds Board cases by how they ended, without needing a party name. Anyone can search TTAB cases by party, proceeding, serial or registration number.
No. GleanMark is for research, monitoring and deadline tracking. File applications at USPTO.gov.
GleanMark loads the USPTO's daily trademark files every day. On most days, a change the USPTO publishes is in GleanMark the next day.
Search 14M USPTO trademarks — no account required.
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