[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 15, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 15CFR280.2]

[Page 385]
 
                  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 A--General
 
Sec. 280.2  Definitions used in this subpart.

    In addition to the definitions provided in 15 U.S.C. 5402, the 
following definitions are applicable to this part:
    Abandonment of the Application. The application for registration of 
a trademark on the Principal Register is no longer pending at the United 
States Patent and Trademark Office.
    Act. The Fastener Quality Act (15 U.S.C. 5401 et seq., as amended by 
Pub. L. 104-113, Pub. L. 105-234, and Public Law 106-34).
    Administrative law judge (ALJ). The person authorized to conduct 
hearings in administrative enforcement proceedings brought under the 
Act.
    Assistant Secretary. The Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement, 
Bureau of Export Administration.
    Department. The United States Department of Commerce, specifically, 
the Bureau of Export Administration, NIST and the Patent and Trademark 
Office.
    Director, NIST. The Director of the National Institute of Standards 
and Technology.
    Director, USPTO. The Under Secretary for Intellectual Property and 
Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
    Fastener Insignia Register. The register of recorded fastener 
insignias maintained by the Director.
    Final decision. A decision or order assessing a civil penalty or 
otherwise disposing of or dismissing a case, which is not subject to 
further review under this part, but which is subject to collection 
proceedings or judicial review in an appropriate Federal district court 
as authorized by law.
    Initial decision. A decision of the administrative law judge which 
is subject to review by the Under Secretary for Export Administration, 
but which becomes the final decision of the Department in the absence of 
such an appeal.
    Party. The Department and any person named as a respondent under 
this part.
    Principal Register. The register of trademarks established under 15 
U.S.C. 1051.
    Respondent. Any person named as the subject of a charging letter, 
proposed charging letter, or other order proposed or issued under this 
part.
    Revisions includes changes made to existing ISO/IEC Guides or other 
documents, and redesignations of those Guides or documents.
    Under Secretary. The Under Secretary for Export Administration, 
United States Department of Commerce.

[61 FR 50558, Sept. 26, 1996. Redesignated and amended at 65 FR 39801, 
June 28, 2000]