How to Check Your Trademark Application Status in Delhi (Step by Step)

Once you have filed your trademark, the single most useful habit you can build is checking its status on the IP India portal — because the status field tells you, in two or three words, exactly where your application sits and whether it is waiting on you or waiting on the Registrar. Delhi applicants file into the same all-India online system as everyone else, so tracking is identical whether you are in Karol Bagh, Nehru Place or Dwarka. The problem is that the status codes are terse and unexplained, and a missed deadline hidden behind an innocuous-looking status can cost you the mark. This guide shows you how to look up your application and how to read every status it can show, from filing to registration.

Where to check: the public search and e-Register

There are two official windows into your application, both on ipindiaonline.gov.in:

• Trade Mark Public Search — searchable by application number, or by the wordmark itself. This is the same interface you use before filing to clear a mark; our free trademark search tool and the Delhi search guide walk through how to use it for clearance, and the same search shows the live status of an already-filed mark.
• e-Register / "Trade Mark Status" — enter your application (TM) number and it returns the current status, the class, the important dates, and the document trail, including any examination report or hearing notice.

The number you need is your application number (also called the TM number) — the numeral generated the moment you filed the TM-A. Keep it somewhere permanent; every status check, reply and renewal turns on it. If you filed through an agent, they will have it against your matter.

The status field is a to-do list in disguise. Learn to read it and you will never miss a deadline.

Reading the status codes, in order

A healthy application walks through a predictable sequence. Here is what each status means and — more importantly — what it requires from you.

Formalities Chk Pass

The Registry has confirmed your filing paperwork is in order — the applicant details, the class, the TM-48 Power of Attorney where applicable, and the fee are all correct. This is good news and requires nothing from you; it simply means the application has cleared the administrative gate and is queued for examination. (The opposite, "Formalities Chk Fail," means a paperwork defect you must cure — often a missing document, which the Delhi documents checklist helps you avoid in the first place.)

Marked for Exam / Send to Vienna Codification

Your application is in the examination queue. "Send to Vienna Codification" appears for logo/device marks, where the figurative elements are being coded — a normal step for anything other than a plain wordmark, and a good moment to remember the difference between the two, covered in our logo versus wordmark note. No action from you; the examiner is about to review the mark on absolute (Section 9) and relative (Section 11) grounds.

Objected

This is the status that most alarms applicants, and the one where action is genuinely required. "Objected" means the Examination Report has raised objections — typically under Section 9 (the mark is descriptive or non-distinctive) or Section 11 (it conflicts with an earlier mark). You have a strict window (generally 30 days) from the report to file a written reply. Download the examination report from the e-Register, address every ground raised, and file a reasoned objection reply with evidence of distinctiveness or use where relevant. Miss the deadline and the application drifts toward abandonment. If the objection is a Section 11 conflict with a specific earlier mark, a fresh look via the search-and-watch tools helps you frame the strongest response.

Objection Hearing / Show Cause Hearing

Where the reply does not fully satisfy the examiner, the application is set down for a hearing before the Registrar. You (or your agent) attend, make submissions, and the Registrar then either accepts the mark for advertisement or refuses it. Preparation matters; this is where the arguments in your objection reply are tested live.

Advertised bef Accepted / Accepted & Advertised

Your mark has cleared examination and been published in the Trade Marks Journal. This opens a four-month window during which any third party may oppose your mark. "Advertised bef Accepted" means it was advertised before formal acceptance (the Registrar's discretion); "Accepted & Advertised" means acceptance and advertisement together. Either way, the clock you now care about is the opposition period. No action is required unless someone opposes — but this is the moment to have your own watch service running so you spot opposing marks early.

Opposed

A third party has filed a Notice of Opposition (Form TM-O) within the journal window. Your application is now a contested proceeding. You must file a counter-statement within two months of receiving the notice, failing which the application is deemed abandoned. This is a substantive legal step — evidence affidavits, arguments and a hearing follow — handled through the opposition process, and where the dispute is serious our IP litigation team steps in. Do not ignore an "Opposed" status; the counter-statement deadline is unforgiving.

Registered

The application has cleared examination, survived (or avoided) opposition, and the Registration Certificate has issued. Your mark is now a registered trademark, protected for ten years from the date of application, and you may use the ® symbol. Set a reminder now for the ten-year renewal — a registered mark that is allowed to lapse is a costly, avoidable loss. For the full arc from filing to this point, our Delhi process and timeline guide maps every stage against realistic dates.

Other statuses you may encounter

• Abandoned — usually the consequence of a missed deadline (no reply to an objection, no counter-statement to an opposition). Depending on the cause and timing there may be a restoration route, but prevention through diarised deadlines is far better.
• Refused — the Registrar declined the mark after a hearing. An appeal may lie, but it is a fresh, contested step.
• Withdrawn — the applicant chose to drop the application.
• Registered & Renewed / Renewal Due — post-registration statuses tracking the ten-year cycle; the Delhi renewal cycle guide covers what to do here.

How often to check, and what to keep

For a live application, checking the status once a month is a sensible baseline — and more frequently once you are near a known deadline (an objection reply window or the opposition period). The reason is simple: the Registry's communications do not always reach you reliably, and the status field on the e-Register is the authoritative, always-current record. Relying only on email or post is how deadlines get missed. A professional watch service automates this monitoring so a status change never slips past you.

Keep three things permanently: your application (TM) number, a copy of the filed TM-A, and any examination report or notice you download. These are what every subsequent step — reply, counter-statement, renewal, even a later assignment — will reference.

The Delhi context

Because filing and tracking are entirely online and all-India, your Delhi application is examined in the same system as one filed anywhere else, though the Delhi Trade Marks Registry at Boudhik Sampada Bhawan, Dwarka, has jurisdiction over Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, UP and neighbouring states for hearings. If you are just getting oriented, the Delhi trademark registration hub and the Delhi 2026 registration guide give you the full local picture, and the class finder helps if a status ever prompts you to reconsider your filed classes.

The takeaway

Tracking your trademark is nothing more than reading the status field on the IP India e-Register against your application number — but reading it correctly is what separates a smoothly registered mark from an abandoned one. "Formalities Chk Pass" and "Marked for Exam" mean wait; "Objected" and "Opposed" mean act, fast, against strict deadlines; "Advertised" means the opposition clock is running; "Registered" means diarise your renewal. Check monthly, keep your number and documents, and never treat silence from the Registry as good news — the status field, not your inbox, is the truth. When a status calls for a reply or a counter-statement, act within the window; that is the whole game.