37 CFR § 7.26 - Filing date of extension of protection for purposes of examination in the Office.

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title: "37 CFR § 7.26 - Filing date of extension of protection for purposes of examination in the Office."
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title_name: "Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights"
section_number: "7.26"
section_name: "Filing date of extension of protection for purposes of examination in the Office."
chapter_name: "UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE"
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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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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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# 7.26 Filing date of extension of protection for purposes of examination in the Office.

(a) If a request for extension of protection of an international registration to the United States is made in an international application and the request includes a declaration of a bona fide intention to use the mark in commerce as set out in § 2.33(e) of this chapter, the filing date of the extension of protection to the United States is the international registration date.

(b) If a request for extension of protection of an international registration to the United States is made in a subsequent designation and the request includes a declaration of a bona fide intention to use the mark in commerce as set out in § 2.33(e), the filing date of the extension of protection to the United States is the date that the International Bureau records the subsequent designation.