[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: 37CFR2.173]

[Page 319]
 
              TITLE 37--PATENTS, TRADEMARKS, AND COPYRIGHTS
 
                         DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 2--RULES OF PRACTICE IN TRADEMARK CASES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 2.173  Amendment of registration.

    (a) The registrant may apply to amend the registration or to 
disclaim part of the mark in the registration. A written request 
specifying the amendment or disclaimer must be submitted. The request 
must be signed by the registrant and verified or supported by a 
declaration under Sec. 2.20, and accompanied by the required fee. If the 
amendment involves a change in the mark, a new specimen showing the mark 
as used on or in connection with the goods or services, and a new 
drawing of the amended mark, must be submitted. The certificate of 
registration or, if the certificate is lost or destroyed, a certified 
copy of the certificate, must also be submitted. The registration as 
amended must still contain registrable matter, and the mark as amended 
must be registrable as a whole. An amendment or disclaimer must not 
materially alter the character of the mark.
    (b) No amendment in the identification of goods or services in a 
registration will be permitted except to restrict the identification or 
otherwise to change it in ways that would not require republication of 
the mark. No amendment seeking the elimination of a disclaimer will be 
permitted.
    (c) A printed copy of the amendment or disclaimer shall be attached 
to each printed copy of the registration.

(Sec. 7, 60 Stat. 430, as amended; 15 U.S.C. 1057)

[30 FR 13193, Oct. 16, 1965, as amended at 31 FR 5262, Apr. 1, 1966; 48 
FR 23143, May 23, 1983; 64 FR 48926, Sept. 8, 1999]