A notice of allowance has issued
Official wording: Notice of allowance — issued
Your intent-to-use application cleared opposition. The USPTO is now waiting for proof that you are actually using the mark in commerce, and there is a deadline for providing it.
You are not registered yet
A notice of allowance is not a registration certificate. It means the mark is approved subject to you filing a Statement of Use showing real commercial use of the mark on the goods or services you claimed.
Six months, extendable
You have six months from the notice date to file a Statement of Use, or to request an extension. Extensions are available in six-month increments up to a total of thirty-six months, each one requiring a filing and a fee. Miss the window entirely and the application goes abandoned.
The specimen is where these fail
Most Statement of Use problems are specimen problems: a mockup instead of a real product, a logo on a website with no way to buy anything, or a specimen that shows the mark used differently from the drawing. The use has to be real and the evidence has to show it.
Do not file before the use is genuine
Filing a Statement of Use for goods you are not actually selling yet creates a much worse problem than waiting. Take an extension instead — that is exactly what extensions exist for.
Confirm this against your own record
Status code descriptions are administered inside USPTO systems and published wording varies slightly between sources. Your file is the authority. Enter your serial number in TSDR to see your current status, every document filed, and any live deadline.
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What comes before and after
Status 630
Filed, and waiting in the queue
Status 638
An examining attorney now has your file
Status 640
An office action has been counted, but not sent yet
Status 641
Your non-final office action has been mailed
Status 602
Your application was abandoned for failure to respond
Status 680
The examiner cleared your mark
Status 700
Your mark is registered