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Processing Times Due to staffing shortages, the Agency continues to work through its business registration mail backlog from the recently ended busy filing season. In some cases, mailed-in documents may take up to 8 weeks to process. We strongly urge annual reports and new business documents be filed online-- they are always processed more quickly. If you have documents that must be sent by mail and need urgent processing-- you may consider paying an expedite fee and marking the envelope "Expedite." We ask for your patience as we work diligently to bring our business registration processing times back to the Agency goal of 3 to 5 days.
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Trademarks

Search Trademarks

Search for a trademark or service mark by mark name; registration number; owner name; class number; class title; entering a description of the goods or services, key words associated with the mark, new marks and renewals.

You can search for the classification of goods or services by entering either a word associated with the service or the class number under which the service falls.

You can perform a more extensive search of the International Classification of Goods and Services by

Contact Trademarks

Telephone

919-814-5360

Fax

919 814-5397

Mailing Address

The Trademarks Section
Department of the Secretary of State
Post Office Box 29622
Raleigh, North Carolina 27626-0622

Physical Address

2 South Salisbury Street
Raleigh, North Carolina 27601-2903

To Report Counterfeit Trademarks

anticounterfeit@sosnc.gov
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