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Can we file a petition to make special? The rule just says the mark and the goods and the owner have to be the same:</div>
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<b>702.02 "Special" Applications</b></div>
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While the USPTO normally processes applications in the order in which they are received, there are two procedures whereby an application can be made "special," so that initial examination will be expedited.</div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>Request to Make Special - Registration Inadvertently Cancelled or Expired Under
</i></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 140, 255);"><b><i><a href="https://tmep.uspto.gov/RDMS/TFSR/current#/current/sec-510834c1-3800-4410-8234-81085d283a9a.html" target="_blank" id="OWAbd269cf9-5564-cc9a-2490-93a9b49370d2" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(0, 140, 255);">15 U.S.C.
1058</a></i></b></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>, </i></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 140, 255);"><b><i><a href="https://tmep.uspto.gov/RDMS/TFSR/current#/current/sec-5129aec5-1540-4fd9-bd56-4c12d0369760.html" target="_blank" id="OWA00e5c1cc-99bd-80bb-edd7-0622ceb1b0ac" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(0, 140, 255);">1059</a></i></b></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>,
or </i></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 140, 255);"><b><i><a href="https://tmep.uspto.gov/RDMS/TFSR/current#/current/sec-39d742b4-661c-471f-9a17-3f4b99fb919a.html" target="_blank" id="OWAdabb3338-21ef-21bf-acdf-a8523b2b8077" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(0, 140, 255);">1141k</a></i></b></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i> </i>.
A new application for registration of a mark that was the subject of a previous registration that was inadvertently cancelled or expired under
</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 140, 255);"><b><a href="https://tmep.uspto.gov/RDMS/TFSR/current#/current/sec-510834c1-3800-4410-8234-81085d283a9a.html" target="_blank" id="OWA8625c5f3-abd8-5c9b-f257-6b67c0500134" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(0, 140, 255);">15 U.S.C.
1058</a></b></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">, </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 140, 255);"><b><a href="https://tmep.uspto.gov/RDMS/TFSR/current#/current/sec-5129aec5-1540-4fd9-bd56-4c12d0369760.html" target="_blank" id="OWA91d85cad-d9e7-6753-4dda-9ff4ec54e381" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(0, 140, 255);">1059</a></b></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">,
or </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 140, 255);"><b><a href="https://tmep.uspto.gov/RDMS/TFSR/current#/current/sec-39d742b4-661c-471f-9a17-3f4b99fb919a.html" target="_blank" id="OWA0d85204a-e600-0d0a-a1c0-e205c35ce8a0" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(0, 140, 255);">1141k</a></b></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
will be made special upon the request of the applicant if the applicant is the prior registrant or the assignee of the prior registrant. No petition fee is required in this situation. However,
<i>the mark in the new application must be identical to the mark in the cancelled or expired registration, and the goods/services in the new application must be identical to or narrower than the goods/services in the cancelled or expired registration.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">A request to make an application special because a registration was inadvertently cancelled is reviewed in the Office of the Deputy Commissioner for Trademark Examination Policy. The applicant must first file the application
via the trademark electronic filing system, except in limited circumstances. <i>
See</i> </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 140, 255);"><b><a href="https://tmep.uspto.gov/RDMS/TFSR/current#/current/l-e2f66e0f-3950-4665-957f-f7103a007e1d.html" target="_blank" id="OWAa9fb3c7b-3020-ac9f-4255-222070b54617" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(0, 140, 255);">37
C.F.R 2.21(a)</a></b></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">; </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 140, 255);"><b><a href="https://tmep.uspto.gov/RDMS/TMEP/current#/current/TMEP-300d1e7.html" id="OWAe3272700-6331-5183-cc19-05d0e4529de5" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(0, 140, 255);">TMEP
301.01, 301.01(a)</a></b></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">. The applicant should then submit a request to make special that includes the newly assigned serial number and the number of the cancelled registration. Generally, the request must be filed
electronically, using the Request to Make Special form, available in the trademark electronic filing system.
<i>See</i> </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 140, 255);"><b><a href="https://tmep.uspto.gov/RDMS/TFSR/current#/current/l-7dec7e8a-acca-471f-aeed-85191b99d73f.html" target="_blank" id="OWAa8424e0f-9af9-1048-11a2-9148613d5490" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(0, 140, 255);">37
C.F.R 2.23(a)</a></b></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">; </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 140, 255);"><b><a href="https://tmep.uspto.gov/RDMS/TMEP/current#/current/TMEP-300d1e7.html" id="OWAf829e12c-2b89-8b38-77a0-af7e6bdf98c2" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(0, 140, 255);">TMEP
301.01, 301.01(a)</a></b></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.</span></div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>Petition to Make Special. </i>A petition to make special is a request to the Director under
</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 140, 255);"><b><a href="https://tmep.uspto.gov/RDMS/TFSR/current#/current/r-852400dd-d9b9-463e-a2ad-6b0ae20208be.html" target="_blank" id="OWA0f002f9e-781e-9b85-0cff-c7b4145b980a" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(0, 140, 255);">37 C.F.R.
2.146</a></b></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> to advance the initial examination of an application out of its regular order. See
</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 140, 255);"><b><a href="https://tmep.uspto.gov/RDMS/TMEP/current#/current/TMEP-1700d1e385.html" id="OWAc030001e-fa15-e880-f5bf-6b7f5ffe3ece" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(0, 140, 255);">TMEP 17101710.02</a></b></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> regarding
the petition requirements and filing procedure. </span></div>
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The examining attorney must promptly examine any application that has been made "special."</div>
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