After filing the Replies, the Ld. Examiner in its sole discretion, may Accepts the Trademark or fix the matter for a hearing. It is a normal process. The Examiner on its satisfaction & waiving the objections, Accepting the mark, will send it for the Advertisement but, on dissatisfaction, sends the matter for a hearing (Show Cause Hearing).

In such a situation, the registry fixes the date for the hearing into the matter which will be must to be attended by either the applicant or its Attorney. After the hearing, the matter may be granted, or nay be refused for the best known to the examiner to be based on the material on record followed the arguments presented by the Attorney.

In case a failure to appear at the above said date and time, the application would be treated as abandoned for lack of prosecution under Rule 33(7) of the Trademarks Rules, 2017 and notified in the Trademarks Journal and IPO website.