[E-trademarks] USPTO's pre-populated Madrid application form

[Carl Oppedahl]

Yes as we know there are two filing paths -- what I call the "one-click" 
path and the other path where you laboriously fill in all of the fields.

The one-click path is cheaper in terms of government fees, because it is 
auto-certified to the IB.

The one-click path avoids the risk of mistakes made by the filer and 
avoids risks of mistakes made by humans in the Madrid Processing Unit.

I wonder how many people know that I am responsible for the existence of 
the one-click path.  Yes, back when the news came out that the US had 
become signatory to the Madrid Procotol, I got on the phone with Craig 
Morris, who was at that time the chief external-contact person for the 
Trademark Office.  And I emailed to him a spec sheet that I had written 
up, that detailed that it ought to be possible to design a one-click 
filing path. Auto-certified.  You key in your "basic" application number 
and click about twice more and Bob was going to be your uncle.  I 
designed the click path for the Trademark Office.  The first question 
was "what is your basic filing?" and the second one was "do you want to 
claim Paris Article 4 priority?".  And I said the Trademark Office ought 
to be able to reduce the government fee since nobody at the Trademark 
Office would have to look at the application.

And a few weeks later, Craig phoned me up to say that it was a done deal 
that one of the options would be one-click filing.


On 9/10/2025 2:17 PM, Katherine Koenig via E-trademarks wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> I have two cases where I filed the US basic application a month ago 
> but the USPTO still doesn’t allow me to use the pre-populated Madrid 
> application form because “the Office has not yet completed the initial 
> processing of the case.”
>
> I tried calling TAC just now, but they apparently close at 4pm now. Sigh.
>
> Does anyone have experience with this issue – should I keep waiting, 
> call TAC tomorrow (can I do anything to nudge them to process the 
> basic application?), or populate the Madrid application form manually 
> (I’d prefer not to risk mistakes and then wait for the UPSTO to 
> certify the application and send to WIPO…).  Thank you!
>
> Best regards,
>
> Katherine
>
> Dr. Katherine Koenig
>
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