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DOC/PTO RIN: 0651-AD81 Publication ID: Spring 2025 
Title: Withdrawal of Changes to Post Registration Response Deadlines 
Abstract:

This rule is withdrawing the provisions of the Trademark Modernization Act of 2020 concerning new response periods and extensions in the examination of post-registration filings, which are currently stayed through a final rule published on September 12, 2023. This rule also amends the regulations addressing petitions to the Director to review refusals to correct an erroneous cross-reference.

 
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 
EO 14192 Designation: Not subject to, not significant 
CFR Citation: 37 CFR 2.6    37 CFR 2.163    37 CFR 2.165    37 CFR 2.176    37 CFR 2.184    37 CFR 2.186    37 CFR 7.6   
Legal Authority: 35 U.S.C. 2    15 U.S.C. 1113    15 U.S.C. 1123   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  07/19/2024  89 FR 58660   
NPRM Comment Period End  08/19/2024 
Final Action  07/00/2025 
Final Action Effective  08/00/2025 
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: No  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
International Impacts: This regulatory action will be likely to have international trade and investment effects, or otherwise be of international interest.
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Cristiana Schwab
Acting TMEP Editor
Department of Commerce
Patent and Trademark Office
P.O. Box 1450,
Alexandria, VA 22313
Phone:571 272-3514
Email: cristiana.schwab@uspto.gov