You must file a Section 8 declaration, specimen, and fee on date that falls on or between the ninth (9th) and tenth (10th) anniversaries of the registration, and each successive ten-year period thereafter (or, for an extra fee of $100.00 per class, you may file within the six-month grace period). Also, you must file a renewal application within the same period (or, for an extra fee of $100.00 per class, you may file within the six-month grace period following the registration expiration date). FAILURE TO FILE THIS DOCUMENT WILL RESULT IN CANCELLATION/EXPIRATION OF THE REGISTRATION.
Note: Because the time for filing a ten-year Section 8 declaration coincides with the time for filing a Section 9 renewal application, you may use this combined §§ 8 & 9 form.
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NOTE: You must complete any field preceded by the symbol "*".
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WARNING: This form has a session time limit of 60 minutes. Your "session" began as
soon as you accessed this initial Form Wizard page. If you exceed the 60-minute time limit,
the form will not validate and you must begin the entire process again; you can,
however, extend the time limit. You should always try to have
all information required to complete the form prior to starting any session.
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OR
1. Is there one registrant but more than one signatory, or joint or multiple registrants?
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3. Is an attorney
filing this form?
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NOTE [UPDATED 03/03/2007]: The USPTO considers powers of attorney to end upon either (1) the date of registration;
or (2) the final acceptance or denial of a required post-registration filing. Therefore, if you answer YES to this
question and file this form, the USPTO will presume that you are now the registrant's attorney. This filing will now automatically update the
"Attorney of Record" and the "Correspondence Address" data fields in the USPTO's TARR database.
After submission of this form, it is no longer necessary to file a separate Appointment of Attorney form or Change of Correspondence Address form.
Once the USPTO recognizes an attorney with respect to the submission of a required post-registration filing,
such as an affidavit under Section 8, an application for renewal under Section 9, etc., the USPTO will recognize
only that attorney for all submissions related to that filing,
such as responses to
Office actions, petitions, etc., unless and until the registrant revokes and appoints a new power of attorney.
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