[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: 37CFR3.16]

[Page 180-181]
 
             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. 3.16  Assignability of trademarks prior to filing of use statements.

    No application to register a mark under 15 U.S.C. 1051(b) is 
assignable prior to the filing of the verified statement of use under 15 
U.S.C. 1051(d) except to a successor to the business of

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the applicant, or portion thereof, to which the mark pertains, if that 
business is ongoing and existing.

                       Requirements for Recording