When a record of an offense is expunged it will not appear on a released criminal history. The record may be destroyed or sealed after a certain period of time. Records may be expunged in juvenile cases, or upon satisfactory completion of a court-ordered probation and/or class(s).

A Trade Mark is expunged for failure to respond to any of these office actions: Renewal (Section 46), failure to provide requested information (Section 44), failure to provide evidence of use (Section 45)