U.S. Code of Federal Regulations

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All TitlesTitle 37Chapter IPart 3 - PART 3—ASSIGNMENT, RECORDING AND RIGHTS OF ASSIGNEE

DOCUMENTS ELIGIBLE FOR RECORDING
§ 3.11 - Documents which will be recorded.
§ 3.16 - Assignability of trademarks prior to filing of an allegation of use.
§ 3.1 - Definitions.

REQUIREMENTS FOR RECORDING
§ 3.21 - Identification of patents and patent applications.
§ 3.24 - Requirements for documents and cover sheets relating to patents and patent applications.
§ 3.25 - Recording requirements for trademark applications and registrations.
§ 3.26 - English language requirement.
§ 3.27 - Mailing address for submitting documents to be recorded.
§ 3.28 - Requests for recording.

COVER SHEET REQUIREMENTS
§ 3.31 - Cover sheet content.
§ 3.34 - Correction of cover sheet errors.

FEES
§ 3.41 - Recording fees.

DATE AND EFFECT OF RECORDING
§ 3.51 - Recording date.
§ 3.54 - Effect of recording.
§ 3.56 - Conditional assignments.
§ 3.58 - Governmental registers.

DOMESTIC REPRESENTATIVE
§ 3.61 - Domestic representative.

ACTION TAKEN BY ASSIGNEE
§ 3.71 - Prosecution by assignee.
§ 3.73 - Establishing right of assignee to take action.

ISSUANCE TO ASSIGNEE
§ 3.81 - Issue of patent to assignee.
§ 3.85 - Issue of registration to assignee.
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