Your mark is registered
Official wording: Registered — principal register
The USPTO has registered your trademark. The application phase is over, and the maintenance phase — which is where a surprising number of registrations are lost — begins.
What you actually gained
A registration on the Principal Register gives you nationwide constructive notice of your claim, a legal presumption of validity and ownership, the right to use the ® symbol, and standing to bring an infringement action in federal court. It is also what Amazon Brand Registry and similar programmes ask to see.
Two deadlines you cannot miss
Between the fifth and sixth year you must file a Section 8 declaration of continued use. Between the ninth and tenth year, and every ten years after, you file a combined Section 8 and 9 renewal. Miss either and the registration is cancelled — not suspended, cancelled.
Section 15 is optional and worth it
After five years of continuous use you can file a Section 15 declaration to make the registration incontestable, which sharply limits the grounds on which someone can later challenge it. It is not required, but it is one of the strongest things you can do for the mark.
Registration does not police itself
The USPTO registers marks; it does not go looking for people using yours. Enforcement is the owner's responsibility, and rights can weaken if infringement goes unchallenged for long enough. This is the argument for monitoring, and it is the honest version of it.
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