[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: 37CFR3.31]

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             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. 3.31  Cover sheet content.

    (a) Each patent or trademark cover sheet required by Sec. 3.28 must 
contain:
    (1) The name of the party conveying the interest;
    (2) The name and address of the party receiving the interest;
    (3) A description of the interest conveyed or transaction to be 
recorded;

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    (4) Each application number, patent number or registration number 
against which the document is to be recorded, or an indication that the 
document is filed together with a patent application;
    (5) The name and address of the party to whom correspondence 
concerning the request to record the document should be mailed;
    (6) The number of applications, patents or registrations identified 
in the cover sheet and the total fee;
    (7) The date the document was executed;
    (8) An indication that the assignee of a trademark application or 
registration who is not domiciled in the United States has designated a 
domestic representative (see Sec. 3.61); and
    (9) A statement by the party submitting the document that to the 
best of the person's knowledge and belief, the information contained on 
the cover sheet is true and correct and any copy submitted is a true 
copy of the original document; and
    (10) The signature of the party submitting the document.
    (b) A cover sheet may not refer to both patents and trademarks.
    (c) Each patent cover sheet required by Sec. 3.28 seeking to record 
a governmental interest as provided by Sec. 3.11(b) must:
    (1) Indicate that the document is to be recorded on the Governmental 
Register, and, if applicable, that the document is to be recorded on the 
Secret Register (see Sec. 3.58); and
    (2) Indicate, if applicable, that the document to be recorded is not 
a document affecting title (see Sec. 3.41(b)).

[57 FR 29642, July 6, 1992, as amended at 62 FR 53202, Oct. 10, 1997]