Request for an Extension of Time in Trade Mark Matters (Form TM-56) (India)
Updated 7 July 2026
This form is used to request an extension of time for administrative matters related to trademark applications in India. It is specifically intended for timelines that are not expressly fixed by the Trade Marks Act or specific rigid rules.
FORM TM-56
THE TRADE MARKS ACT, 1999
Agent's code:
Proprietor's code:
Fee: Rs.500
Application for extension of time [not being a time expressly provided in the Act or prescribed by rule 79 or by rule 80(4)] or a time for the extension of which provision is made in the rules.
Section 131. rule 105.
In the matter of '...
I (or we)2...being the '... in the above matter hereby apply for an extension of time of 3...for4...on the following grounds:-
All communications relating to this application may be sent to the following address in India:-
Dated this ...day of ...20...
5...
SIGNATURE
NAME OF SIGNATORY IN LETTERS
To
The Registrar of Trade Marks
The Office of the Trade Marks Registry at 6...
Here insert words and reference number identifying the matter in respect of which the application is made.
State full name and address.
Insert the period of extension required.
State the purpose for which extension of time is required.
Signature.
State the name of the place of the appropriate office of the Trade Marks Registry
(See rule 4)
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