[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: 15CFR280.323]

[Page 398-399]
 
                  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. 280.323  Transfer or assignment of the trademark registration or recorded insignia.

    (a) A trademark application or registration which forms the basis of 
a fastener recordal may be transferred or assigned. Any transfer or 
assignment of such an application or registration must be recorded in 
the United States Patent and Trademark Office within three months of the 
transfer or assignment. A copy of such transfer or assignment must also 
be sent to: Box Fastener, Director, United States Patent and Trademark 
Office, Washington, DC 20231.
    (b) Upon transfer or assignment of a trademark application or 
registration which forms the basis of a certificate of recordal, the 
Director, USPTO, shall designate the certificate of recordal as 
inactive. The certificate of recordal shall be deemed inactive as of the 
effective date of the transfer or assignment. Certificates of recordal 
designated inactive due to transfer or assignment of a trademark 
application or registration cannot be reactivated.
    (c) An assigned trademark application or registration may form the 
basis for a new application for recordal of a fastener insignia.
    (d) A fastener insignia consisting of an alphanumeric designation 
issued by the Director, USPTO, can be transferred or assigned.
    (e) Upon transfer or assignment of an alphanumeric designation, the 
Director, USPTO, shall designate such alphanumeric designation as 
inactive. The alphanumeric designation shall be

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deemed inactive as of the effective date of the transfer or assignment. 
Alphanumeric designations which are designated inactive due to transfer 
or assignment may be reactivated upon application by the assignee of 
such alphanumeric designation. Such application must meet all the 
requirements of Sec. 280.310 and must include a copy of the pertinent 
portions of the document assigning rights in the alphanumeric 
designation. Such application must be filed within six months of the 
date of assignment.
    (f) An alphanumeric designation that is reactivated after it has 
been transferred or assigned shall remain in active status until the 
expiration of the five year period that began upon the issuance of the 
alphanumeric designation to its original owner.

[61 FR 50558, Sept. 26, 1996. Redesignated and amended at 65 FR 39803, 
39804, June 28, 2000]