37 CFR Part 3 Index
Assignment, Recording, and Rights of Assignee

Taken from the Ninth Edition of the MPEP, Revision 07.2022, Published February 2023

3 - Assignment, Recording, and Rights of Assignee

Definitions

§3.1: Definitions.

Documents Eligible For Recording

§3.11: Documents which will be recorded.

§3.16: Assignability of trademarks prior to filing an allegation of use.

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.

§3.71 (pre‑AIA): Prosecution by assignee.

§3.73: Establishing right of assignee to take action.

§3.73 (pre‑AIA): Establishing right of assignee to take action.

Issuance To Assignee

§3.81: Issue of patent to assignee.

§3.85: Issue of registration to assignee.