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15 U.S. Code § 1062 - Publication | LII / Legal Information Institute
Examination and publication Upon the filing of an application for registration and payment of the prescribed fee, the Director shall refer the application to the examiner in charge of the registration of marks, who shall cause an examination to be made and, if on such examination it shall appear that the applicant is entitled to registration, or would be entitled to registration upon the acceptance of the statement of use required by section 1051
(d) of this title, the Director shall cause the mark to be published in the Official Gazette of the Patent and Trademark Office: Provided, That in the case of an applicant claiming concurrent use, or in the case of an application to be placed in an interference as provided for in section 1066 of this title the mark, if otherwise registrable, may be published subject to the determination of the rights of the parties to such proceedings.
Refusal of registration; amendment of application; abandonment If the applicant is found not entitled to registration, the examiner shall advise the applicant thereof and of the reasons therefor. The applicant shall have a period of six months in which to reply or amend his application, which shall then be reexamined. This procedure may be repeated until (1)
the examiner finally refuses registration of the mark or (2)
the applicant fails for a period of six months to reply or amend or appeal, whereupon the application shall be deemed to have been abandoned, unless it can be shown to the satisfaction of the Director that the delay in responding was unintentional, whereupon such time may be extended.
Republication of marks registered under prior acts A registrant of a mark registered under the provisions of the Act of March 3, 1881, or the Act of February 20, 1905, may, at any time prior to the expiration of the registration thereof, upon the payment of the prescribed fee file with the Director an affidavit setting forth those goods stated in the registration on which said mark is in use in commerce and that the registrant claims the benefits of this chapter for said mark. The Director shall publish notice thereof with a reproduction of said mark in the Official Gazette, and notify the registrant of such publication and of the requirement for the affidavit of use or nonuse as provided for in subsection (b) ofsection 1058 of this title. Marks published under this subsection shall not be subject to the provisions of section 1063 of this title.
(July 5, 1946, ch. 540, title I, § 12,60 Stat. 432; Pub. L. 87–772, § 7,Oct. 9, 1962, 76 Stat. 770; Pub. L. 93–596, § 1,Jan. 2, 1975, 88 Stat. 1949; Pub. L. 100–667, title I, § 113,Nov. 16, 1988, 102 Stat. 3940; Pub. L. 105–330, title I, § 104,Oct. 30, 1998, 112 Stat. 3066; Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, § 1000(a)(9) [title IV, § 4732(b)(1)(B)], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1536, 1501A–583.)
Acts March 3, 1881 and February 20, 1905, referred to in subsec. (c), are acts Mar. 3, 1881, ch. 138, 21 Stat. 502 and Feb. 20, 1905, ch. 592, 33 Stat. 724, which were repealed insofar as inconsistent with this chapter by act July 5, 1946, ch. 540, § 46(a),60 Stat. 444. Act Feb. 20, 1905, was classified to sections 81 to 109 of this title.
Acts Feb. 20, 1905, ch. 592, § 6,33 Stat. 726; Mar. 2, 1907, ch. 2573, § 2,34 Stat. 1252.
1998—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 105–330substituted “unintentional” for “unavoidable” in last sentence.
1988—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 100–667substituted “prescribed fee” for “fee herein provided”, and “entitled to registration, or would be entitled to registration upon the acceptance of the statement of use required by section 1051
(d) of this title, the” for “entitled to registration, the”.
1975—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 93–596substituted “Patent and Trademark Office” for “Patent Office”.
1962—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 87–772inserted proviso permitting publication of the mark in the case of an applicant claiming concurrent use, or an application to be placed in an interference, if such mark is otherwise registrable, subject to the determination of the rights of the parties.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 87–772inserted “Marks published under” before “this subsection shall not be subject”.