[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: 37CFR2.176]

[Page 320]
 
              TITLE 37--PATENTS, TRADEMARKS, AND COPYRIGHTS
 
                         DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 2--RULES OF PRACTICE IN TRADEMARK CASES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 2.176  Consideration of above matters.

    The matters in Secs. 2.171 to 2.175 will be considered in the first 
instance by the Examiner of Trademarks. If the action of the Examiner of 
Trademarks is adverse, registrant may request the Commissioner to review 
the action under Sec. 2.146. If response to an adverse action of the 
Examiner is not made by the registrant within six months, the matter 
will be considered abandoned.

                            Term and Renewal

    Authority: Secs. 2.181 to 2.184 also issued under sec. 9, 60 Stat. 
431; 15 U.S.C. 1059.