At the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the trademark examining attorneys and administrative judges of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board are tasked with reviewing trademark applications to ensure that they are in good form and that the applied-for mark is eligible for federal trademark registration. Examiners and judges are guided in their review by several policies including the Lanham Act, the federal statute governing trademark law in the United States (15 U.S.C. Section 1051 et. seq.), and the USPTO's trademark rules of practice and trademark manual of examining procedure or TMEP, among others.