[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 37, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 37CFR2.73]

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              TITLE 37--PATENTS, TRADEMARKS, AND COPYRIGHTS
 
  CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                                COMMERCE
 
PART 2--RULES OF PRACTICE IN TRADEMARK CASES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 2.73  Amendment to recite concurrent use.

    (a) An application under section 1(a) of the Act may be amended so 
as to be treated as an application for a concurrent registration, 
provided the application as amended satisfies the requirements of Sec. 
2.42. The examiner will determine whether the application, as amended, 
is acceptable.
    (b) An application under section 1(b) of the Act may not be amended 
so as to be treated as an application for a concurrent registration 
until an acceptable amendment to allege use under Sec. 2.76 or statement 
of use under Sec. 2.88 has been filed in the application, after which 
time such an amendment may be made, provided the application as amended 
satisfies the requirements of Sec. 2.42. The examiner will determine 
whether the application, as amended, is acceptable.

[54 FR 37593, Sept. 11, 1989]