# Trademark filings after you apply

Source: https://joinopenfile.com/trademark/filings
Index: https://joinopenfile.com/llms.txt

An application is the start. Here's what can come next, and when.

## While the USPTO is examining

Answer the examiner to keep your application alive.

- [Reply to an office action](https://joinopenfile.com/trademark/filings/office-action-reply)
- [Extend an office action deadline](https://joinopenfile.com/trademark/filings/office-action-extension)
- [Amendment to allege use](https://joinopenfile.com/trademark/filings/amendment-to-allege-use)
- [Revive an abandoned application](https://joinopenfile.com/trademark/filings/revive)

## After approval (intent-to-use)

Show the USPTO you're now using the mark.

- [Statement of Use](https://joinopenfile.com/trademark/filings/statement-of-use)
- [Extension to file a Statement of Use](https://joinopenfile.com/trademark/filings/sou-extension)

## Keeping a registration alive

Required filings at years 5–6 and every 10 years.

- [Section 8 & 15 declarations](https://joinopenfile.com/trademark/filings/section-8-15)
- [10-year renewal (Sections 8 & 9)](https://joinopenfile.com/trademark/filings/renewal)

## Ownership and records

Keep the USPTO's record of who owns the mark current.

- [Record an ownership transfer](https://joinopenfile.com/trademark/filings/assignment)
- [Update address or correspondence email](https://joinopenfile.com/trademark/filings/owner-update)