[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 37, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 1999]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 37CFR3.1]

[Page 180]
 
             TITLE 37--PATENTS, TRADEMARKS, AND COPYRIGHTS
 
    CHAPTER I--PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 3--ASSIGNMENT, RECORDING AND RIGHTS OF ASSIGNEE--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 3.1  Definitions.

    For purposes of this part, the following definitions shall apply:
    Application means a national application for patent, an 
international application that designates the United States of America, 
or an application to register a trademark unless otherwise indicated.
    Assignment means a transfer by a party of all or part of its right, 
title and interest in a patent or patent application, or a transfer of 
its entire right, title and interest in a registered mark or a mark for 
which an application to register has been filed.
    Document means a document which a party requests to be recorded in 
the Office pursuant to Sec. 3.11 and which affects some interest in an 
application, patent, or registration.
    Office means the Patent and Trademark Office.
    Recorded document means a document which has been recorded in the 
Office pursuant to Sec. 3.11.
    Registration means a trademark registration issued by the Office.

                    Documents Eligible for Recording