On the 24th of August the USPTO added an optional tool to the regular Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) application form (i.e., non-TEAS Plus) to help applicants enter acceptable identifications of goods and services (IDs).
The section of the regular TEAS application form for entering free-text IDs was expanded to include a new “ID Assistance” tool. This allows the user to enter one or more IDs into the existing free-form text field for comparison with entries in the USPTO’s Acceptable Identification of Goods and Services Manual (ID Manual). The tool informs the user if a listed good or service is an identical match to an ID Manual entry, is a possible match, or is not found.
This tool is USPTO’s first ID selection tool for the public and is very basic. They expect to develop a more sophisticated ID selection tool in the future.
Source: USPTO
