[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 37, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 37CFR3.31]

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              TITLE 37--PATENTS, TRADEMARKS, AND COPYRIGHTS
 
                         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;
    (4) Identification of the interests involved:
    (i) For trademark assignments and trademark name changes: Each 
trademark registration number and each trademark application number, if 
known, against which the Office is to record the document. If the 
trademark application number is not known, a copy of the application or 
a reproduction of the trademark must be submitted, along with an 
estimate of the date that the Office received the application; or
    (ii) For any other document affecting title to a trademark or patent 
application, registration or patent: Each trademark or patent 
application number or each trademark registration number or patent 
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 date the document was executed;
    (7) 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
    (8) The signature of the party submitting the document.
    (b) A cover sheet should not refer to both patents and trademarks, 
since any information, including information about pending patent 
applications, submitted with a request for recordation of a document 
against a trademark application or trademark registration will become 
public record upon recordation.
    (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)).
    (d) Each trademark cover sheet required by Sec. 3.28 seeking to 
record a document against a trademark application or registration should 
include, in addition to the serial number or registration number of the 
trademark, identification of the trademark or a description of the 
trademark, against which the Office is to record the document.
    (e) Each patent or trademark cover sheet required by Sec. 3.28 
should contain the number of applications, patents or registrations 
identified in the cover sheet and the total fee.

[57 FR 29642, July 6, 1992, as amended at 62 FR 53202, Oct. 10, 1997; 64 
FR 48927, Sept. 8, 1999]

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