---identifier: "/us/cfr/t37/s2.46"source: "ecfr"legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"title: "37 CFR § 2.46 - Principal Register."title_number: 37title_name: "Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights"section_number: "2.46"section_name: "Principal Register."chapter_name: "UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE"subchapter_number: "A"subchapter_name: "GENERAL"part_number: "2"part_name: "RULES OF PRACTICE IN TRADEMARK CASES"positive_law: falsecurrency: "2026-03-24"last_updated: "2026-03-24"format_version: "1.1.0"generator: "[email protected]"authority: "15 U.S.C. 1113, 1123; 35 U.S.C. 2; sec. 10, Pub. L. 112-29, 125 Stat. 284; Pub. L. 116-260, 134 Stat. 1182, unless otherwise noted. Sec. 2.99 also issued under secs. 16, 17, 60 Stat. 434; 15 U.S.C. 1066, 1067."regulatory_source: "30 FR 13193, Oct. 16, 1965, unless otherwise noted."cfr_part: "2"---
Identifier
/us/cfr/t37/s2.46
Currency
2026-03-24
Positive Law
No
Updated
2026-03-24
Chapter
United States Patent and Trademark Office, Department of Commerce
Authority
15 U.S.C. 1113, 1123; 35 U.S.C. 2; sec. 10, Pub. L. 112-29, 125 Stat. 284; Pub. L. 116-260, 134 Stat. 1182, unless otherwise noted. Sec. 2.99 also issued under secs. 16, 17, 60 Stat. 434; 15 U.S.C. 10... 15 U.S.C. 1113, 1123; 35 U.S.C. 2; sec. 10, Pub. L. 112-29, 125 Stat. 284; Pub. L. 116-260, 134 Stat. 1182, unless otherwise noted. Sec. 2.99 also issued under secs. 16, 17, 60 Stat. 434; 15 U.S.C. 1066, 1067.
# 2.46 Principal Register.All applications will be treated as seeking registration on the Principal Register unless otherwise stated in the application. Service marks, collective marks, and certification marks, registrable in accordance with the applicable provisions of section 2 of the Act, are registered on the Principal Register.