37 CFR § 7.1 - Definitions of terms as used in this part.
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title: "37 CFR § 7.1 - Definitions of terms as used in this part."
title_number: 37
title_name: "Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights"
section_number: "7.1"
section_name: "Definitions of terms as used in this part."
chapter_name: "UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL"
part_number: "7"
part_name: "RULES OF PRACTICE IN FILINGS PURSUANT TO THE PROTOCOL RELATING TO THE MADRID AGREEMENT CONCERNING THE INTERNATIONAL REGISTRATION OF MARKS"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "15 U.S.C. 1123, 35 U.S.C. 2, Pub. L. 116-260, 134 Stat. 1182, unless otherwise noted."
regulatory_source: "68 FR 55769, Sept. 26, 2003, unless otherwise noted."
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# 7.1 Definitions of terms as used in this part.
(a) *the Act* means the Trademark Act of 1946, 60 Stat. 427, as amended, codified in 15 U.S.C. 1051 *et seq.*
(b) *Subsequent designation* means a request for extension of protection of an international registration to a Contracting Party made after the International Bureau registers the mark.
(c) The acronym *TEAS* means the Trademark Electronic Application System, and, as used in this part, includes all related electronic systems required to complete an electronic submission through TEAS.
(d) The term *Office* or the abbreviation *USPTO* means the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
(e) All references to sections in this part refer to 37 Code of Federal Regulations, except as otherwise stated.
(f) The definitions specified in § 2.2 of this chapter apply to this part.
[68 FR 55769, Sept. 26, 2003, as amended at 80 FR 33190, June 11, 2015; 84 FR 31511, July 2, 2019; 84 FR 37098, July 31, 2019]