Your trademark application is likely to be delayed by at least half a year because:

• The trademark office has seen an almost 60% growth in trademark filings since the beginning of 2021;

• The pandemic has caused significant delays in processing of trademark applications;

• The average wait time for initial review has grown to about five months; and

• The entire prosecution process has reached a wait time of almost eleven months.

Read about the USPTO’s delays in examination of trademark applications.