15 USC § 1141a - International applications based on United States applications or registrations

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identifier: "/us/usc/t15/s1141a"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "15 USC § 1141a - International applications based on United States applications or registrations"
title_number: 15
title_name: "COMMERCE AND TRADE"
section_number: "1141a"
section_name: "International applications based on United States applications or registrations"
chapter_number: 22
chapter_name: "TRADEMARKS"
subchapter_number: "IV"
subchapter_name: "THE MADRID PROTOCOL"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(July 5, 1946, ch. 540, title XII, § 61, as added Pub. L. 107–273, div. C, title III, § 13402, Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1915.)"
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# § 1141a. International applications based on United States applications or registrations

**(a)** **In general** The owner of a basic application pending before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, or the owner of a basic registration granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office may file an international application by submitting to the United States Patent and Trademark Office a written application in such form, together with such fees, as may be prescribed by the Director.

**(b)** **Qualified owners** A qualified owner, under subsection (a), shall—

**(1)** be a national of the United States;

**(2)** be domiciled in the United States; or

**(3)** have a real and effective industrial or commercial establishment in the United States.

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**Source Credit**: (July 5, 1946, ch. 540, title XII, § 61, as added Pub. L. 107–273, div. C, title III, § 13402, Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1915.)