Use the pending application form

Error²Federal courts, Illinois courts21st and 22nd editions

A mark that has been filed and not yet approved is cited in one fixed form: the United States lead phrase, the serial number, and a parenthetical naming the date of filing.¹

1. 1T1.2 Department of Commerce, Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
2. 2An error: the rule in note 1 allows one form, and this is not it.