[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 37, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 37CFR2.2]

[Page 239]
 
              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. 2.2  Definitions.

    (a) The Act as used in this part means the Trademark Act of 1946, 60 
Stat. 427, as amended, codified in 15 U.S.C. 1051 et seq.
    (b) Entity as used in this part includes both natural and juristic 
persons.
    (c) Director as used in this chapter, except for part 10, means the 
Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of 
the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
    (d) Federal holiday within the District of Columbia means any day, 
except Saturdays and Sundays, when the United States Patent and 
Trademark Office is officially closed for business for the entire day.
    (e) The term Office means the United States Patent and Trademark 
Office.
    (f) The acronym TEAS means the Trademark Electronic Application 
System, available online at http://www.uspto.gov.
    (g) The acronym ESTTA means the Electronic System for Trademark 
Trials and Appeals, available at www.uspto.gov.
    (h) The term international application means an application for 
international registration that is filed under the Protocol Relating to 
the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks.

[54 FR 37588, Sept. 11, 1989, as amended at 68 FR 48289, Aug. 13, 2003; 
68 FR 55762, Sept. 26, 2003]