[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 37, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 37CFR2.162]

[Page 317]
 
              TITLE 37--PATENTS, TRADEMARKS, AND COPYRIGHTS
 
                         DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 2--RULES OF PRACTICE IN TRADEMARK CASES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 2.162  Notice to registrant.

    When a certificate of registration is originally issued, the Office 
includes a notice of the requirement for filing the affidavit or 
declaration of use or excusable nonuse under section 8 of the Act. 
However the affidavit or declaration must be filed within the time 
period required by section 8 of the Act even if this notice is not 
received.

[64 FR 48925, Sept. 8, 1999]