[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 15, Volume 1, Parts 0 to 299]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 15CFR280.312]

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                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
 
 CHAPTER II--NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY, DEPARTMENT 
                               OF COMMERCE
 
PART 280--FASTENER QUALITY--Table of Contents
 
                     Subpart D--Recordal of Insignia
 
Sec. 280.312  Certificate of recordal.

    (a) If the application complies with the requirements of 
Sec. 280.310, the Director, USPTO, shall accept the application and 
issue a certificate of recordal. Such certificate shall be issued in the 
name of the United States of America, under the seal of the United 
States Patent and Trademark Office, and a record shall be kept in the 
United States Patent and Trademark Office. The certificate of recordal 
shall display the recorded insignia of the manufacturer, and state the 
name, address, legal entity and domicile of the manufacturer, as well as 
the date of issuance of such certificate.
    (b) Certificates that were issued prior to June 8, 1999, shall 
remain in active status and may be maintained in accordance with the 
provisions of Sec. 280.320 of this subpart, but only if:
    (1) The certificate is held by a manufacturer, and
    (2) The fasteners associated with the certificate are fasteners that 
must bear an insignia pursuant to 15 U.S.C. 5407.

[65 FR 39803, June 28, 2000]