15 CFR § 280.313 - Recordal of additional insignia.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t15/s280.313"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "15 CFR § 280.313 - Recordal of additional insignia."
title_number: 15
title_name: "Commerce and Foreign Trade"
section_number: "280.313"
section_name: "Recordal of additional insignia."
chapter_name: "NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE"
subchapter_number: "J"
subchapter_name: "ACCREDITATION AND ASSESSMENT PROGRAMS"
part_number: "280"
part_name: "FASTENER QUALITY"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "15 U.S.C. 5401 Pub. L. 101-592, 104 Stat. 2943, as amended by Pub. L. 104-113, 110 Stat. 775; Pub. L. 105-234, 112 Stat. 1536; and Pub. L. 106-34, 113 Stat. 118."
regulatory_source: "61 FR 50558, Sept. 26, 1996, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "280"
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# 280.313 Recordal of additional insignia.
(a) A manufacturer to whom the Director, USPTO, has issued an alphanumeric designation may apply for recordal of its trademark for fasteners if the trademark is the subject of a duly filed application or is registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office on the Principal Register. Upon recordal, either the alphanumeric designation or the trademark, or both, may be used as recorded insignias.
(b) A manufacturer for whom the Director, USPTO, has recorded a trademark as its fastener insignia may apply for issuance and recordal of an alphanumeric designation as a fastener insignia. Upon recordal, either the alphanumeric designation or the trademark, or both, may be used as recorded insignias.
[61 FR 50558, Sept. 26, 1996. Redesignated and amended at 65 FR 39803, June 28, 2000]