[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: 15CFR280.300]

[Page 396]
 
                  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. 280.300  Recorded insignia required prior to offer for sale.


    Unless the specifications provide otherwise, if a fastener is 
required by the applicable consensus standard(s) to bear an insignia 
identifying its manufacturer, the manufacturer must:
    (a) Record the insignia with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
prior to any sale or offer for sale of the fastener; and
    (b) Apply the insignia to any fastener that is sold or offered for 
sale. The insignia must be readable, and must be applied using the 
method for applying a permanent insignia that is provided for in the 
applicable consensus standard(s), or, if the applicable consensus 
standard(s) do(es) not specify a method for applying a permanent 
insignia, through any means of imprinting a permanent impression.

[65 FR 39803, June 28, 2000]

                         The Written Application