MPEP 314
Certificates of Change of Name or of Merger
This is the Ninth Edition of the MPEP, Revision 08.2017, Last Revised in January 2018
314 Certificates of Change of Name or of Merger [R-08.2012]
Certificates issued by appropriate authorities showing a change of name of a business or a merger of businesses are recordable. Although a mere change of name does not constitute a change in legal entity, it is properly a link in the chain of title. Documents of merger are also proper links in the chain of title. They may represent a change of entity as well as a change of name.