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What each tool knows about your examiner.
Trademark practice runs on TM TKO, Alt Legal, Corsearch, Clarivate CompuMark and the USPTO's own record. CrystalMark is examiner analytics and docketing for trademark attorneys, and the only tool here that rates an examiner's difficulty against the active examining corps.
§ 1 · The table
The examiner, then the watch and the docket, then the terms.
No means the capability is absent from the vendor's full public product pages, read on the date above. Not published means their pages do not settle it, and we do not guess.
| Capability | CrystalMark | TM TKO | Alt Legal | Corsearch | Clarivate CompuMark | USPTO alone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Difficulty ratingRanked across the active examining corps, 1 to 10 | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Refusal rateShare of the examiner's examined applications that draw a substantive refusal, a recent window beside the full record, with the refusal grounds broken out | Yes | No. They publish the examiner's allowance rate on the issue you are answering, not a rate over the docket | No | No | No | No. Office-wide dashboards only |
| Refusal rate by classRefusal rate in each class the examiner works, against the corps in that same class, split by ground | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Time to first actionFiling to the first office action, against the corps, and response turnaround | Yes | No | No | No | No | No. Office-wide pendency only |
| Refusal comes off after a notice of appealShare of resolved appeals where the refusal came off, by withdrawal before any Board ruling or by reversal | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Your firm's notes on an examinerPrivate to the firm, on the profile and the firm docket | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Told when an examiner is assignedAn email when the case draws its examiner | Yes, with the difficulty rating | No | Yes, in the daily email | No | No | No. TSDR shows it; nothing notifies you |
| Examiner TTAB recordEx parte appeals of the examiner's refusals, and how each one closed: reversed, affirmed, withdrawn, or given up | Yes | Not published as a per-examiner record. TTAB searchable by proceeding and document | No | No | Darts-ip case law, by case | TTABVUE, by proceeding |
| Escalation to FinalOf the refusals this examiner resolved on the merits, the share pushed to a Final | Yes | How often that examiner upholds an initial refusal | No | No | No | No |
| Refusal withdrawn when contestedHow often a contested refusal comes off, and how often a §2(d) comes off after a Final | Yes | The examiner's allowance rate on the issue, against the Law Office and the USPTO | No | No | No | No |
| Registrations behind the §2(d) refusalsRanked per examiner, with what came off | Yes | The examiner's acceptances after a §2(d) refusal, by issue | No | No | Refusal information in office actions appears in the analyst full search report; no aggregation | Case by case, no aggregation |
| Lookup by a cited registrationWhich examiners cite it, and how often it comes off for applicants who contest it | Yes | Citation histories, at a click | No | No | Not published | Case by case, no aggregation |
| Past responses to read | No | Yes, by issue and examiner | No | Not published | Not published | In the file wrapper, case by case; no examiner index |
| Response drafting | No | Yes, §2(d) response drafting from a serial number, with arguments under the du Pont factors and registry-based examples | No. A goods and services composer | Not published | RiskMark drafts arguments from case law; office action responses not published | No |
| Capability | CrystalMark | TM TKO | Alt Legal | Corsearch | Clarivate CompuMark | USPTO alone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Client registration cited in an office action | Yes | Yes, in every subscription | Yes, next day, in the Trademark Protection add-on | Not published | Not published as a watch type | No |
| Citing application published for oppositionThe follow after a citation | Yes | Yes, in the portfolio watch | Yes | Not published | Not published | The Official Gazette, weekly |
| Deadlines in your calendarA feed your calendar subscribes to, one event per statutory close | Yes, dates as estimates | Yes, an iCal feed | Yes, a calendar feed URL | No | No | No |
| Similarity watch on new filings | No | Yes | Yes, Trademark Application Match | Yes, 240 jurisdictions and territories | Yes, USPTO pending applications and the Official Gazette; 191 registers | No |
| Clearance search | No | Yes | No | Yes, 190 databases, TrademarkNow | Yes, SAEGIS and analyst-led full search | Trademark search, free |
| Docketing | For pending applications: deadlines on their statutory clocks, built from the public record | Deadline tracking with notifications | Yes, 180+ jurisdictions, unlimited users | Not published as a named product | Yes, FoundationIP and IPfolio, plus a renewals service | No |
| Capability | CrystalMark | TM TKO | Alt Legal | Corsearch | Clarivate CompuMark | USPTO alone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Built for | Trademark attorneys and their firms, a seat for each attorney | Trademark lawyers and paralegals | Trademark professionals | Trademark professionals and brand owners; the clearance page names both enterprise brands and law firms | Law firms and corporate IP teams | Everyone |
| Coverage | USPTO | US, Canada, Mexico, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, WIPO | 180+ jurisdictions | 240 jurisdictions and territories | 250+ countries and territories | USPTO |
| Analyst services | No | Not published | Paralegal support, Alt Legal Assist | Expert Watch and analyst review | Analyst-led search and watch | No |
| Free accountNo card and no trial clock | Yes, your docket with the examiner on each case | No. One month trial, no card | No. Trial on request | No. Demo or trial on request | No. No self-serve signup | The examining attorney is in TSDR, case by case |
| Free trial | 7 days, card on file | One month, no card | On request; length not published | On request; terms not published | On request for some products; no self-serve signup | Free |
| Published priceEach vendor prices in its own unit. Ours multiplies by attorney; Alt Legal's goes by matters docketed and includes unlimited users | $49.99 per seat a month. One plan, everything included | $280 a month for one user, $2,800 a year. Five users $560 a month, ten $1,120, fifteen $1,680 | Docketing $60 to $295 a month by matters docketed, larger portfolios on quote. The watch +$30 to +$95 a month on top | On request; no public price list | On request; no public price list | Free |
§ 2 · Questions
Four questions, answered plainly.
Is CrystalMark an alternative to TM TKO?
For the examiner read, yes. TM TKO's examiner analytics sit inside its response tool for the issue you are answering, and it also searches, watches, retrieves past responses and drafts. CrystalMark computes a standing profile for each examining attorney, with the sample behind every figure. The two answer different questions on the same file.
What does CrystalMark add to Alt Legal's §2(d) watch?
Alt Legal classifies office actions daily, says the next day when a client's mark is cited, and follows the citing application to publication. CrystalMark watches the same event and adds the read on the examining attorney who issued the refusal, the cited registrations ranked with what came off, and notice when a registration cited against your own application is cancelled or expired. Alt Legal computes nothing about the examiner.
Can I use CrystalMark alongside Corsearch or CompuMark?
Yes. They clear and watch marks across hundreds of registers with analysts beside the software, priced on request. CrystalMark starts after filing, on the examining attorney holding the case, at a published $49.99 per seat a month.
Is there a free source for trademark examiner statistics?
No. The USPTO publishes first-action approval and pendency for the whole office and nothing by examining attorney, and the free examiner-statistics sites cover patent examiners. CrystalMark's free pages list the active examining corps by Law Office, and a free account connects your docket and shows which examiner holds each case.
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- TM TKO · Home · Pricing · Solutions · About · Methodology · Office Action Analytics, 2019 · Worked example, 2019 · Portfolios and watch categories, 2019 · Calendar feed, 2023 · Free trial
- Alt Legal · Home · Pricing · Features · §2(d) Trademark Watch · Watch service explained · Notification email reports · Calendar feed · Daily emails and calendar sync · Trademark Application Match
- Corsearch · Trademark solutions · Trademark clearance · Trademark watching · Expert Watch · TrademarkNow · Price guide, redirects to the homepage
- Clarivate CompuMark · CompuMark · SAEGIS · Full availability search · Trademark monitoring · Trademark analytics · RiskMark · Darts-ip · FoundationIP · IPfolio
- USPTO · Trademark search · TSDR · TTABVUE · Trademark Official Gazette · Trademarks dashboard
TM TKO, Office Action Analytics, Alt Legal, Alt Legal Assist, §2(d) Trademark Watch, Trademark Protection, Trademark Application Match, Corsearch, Expert Watch, TrademarkNow, Clarivate, CompuMark, SAEGIS, RiskMark, Darts-ip, FoundationIP and IPfolio are marks of their respective owners, named here for identification. CrystalMark is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by any of them.