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DOC/PTO

RIN: 0651-AB89

Publication ID: Fall 2008

Title: Miscellaneous Changes to Trademark Rules of Practice
Abstract: The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is amending its rules to simplify and clarify procedures for (1) Registering trademarks, (2) maintaining trademark registrations, (3) processing petitions to the Director in trademark cases, and (4) filing applications for international trademark registration and other documents pertaining to international registrations under the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks (Madrid Protocol) through the USPTO.
Agency: Department of Commerce(DOC)	Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 37 CFR 2.6    37 CFR 2.21    37 CFR 2.26    37 CFR 2.32 to 2.34    37 CFR 2.44 and 2.45    37 CFR 2.47    37 CFR 2.52 and 2.53    37 CFR 2.56    37 CFR 2.63    37 CFR 2.65    37 CFR 2.67    37 CFR 2.74    37 CFR 2.76 and 2.77    37 CFR 2.85 to 2.89    37 CFR 2.99    37 CFR 2.145 and 2.146    37 CFR 2.153    37 CFR 2.161    37 CFR 2.171 to 2.173    37 CFR 2.175    37 CFR 2.184    37 CFR 2.198    37 CFR 3.31    37 CFR 3.85    37 CFR 7.14    37 CFR 7.25
Legal Authority: 15 USC 1123    35 USC 2

Legal Deadline:  None

Timetable: Action Date FR Cite NPRM  06/12/2008  73 FR 33356    NPRM Comment Period End  08/11/2008     Final Action  11/00/2008     Final Action Effective  12/00/2008

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: None
Small Entities Affected: No	Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No
Agency Contact: Mary E. Hannon Attorney Advisor Department of Commerce Patent and Trademark Office P.O. Box 1451, Alexandria, VA 22313-1451 Phone:571 272-9569 Fax:571 273-9569 Email: mary.hannon@uspto.gov