[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: 37CFR2.22]

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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. 2.22  Filing requirements for a TEAS Plus application.

    (a) A trademark/service mark application for registration on the 
Principal Register under section 1 and/or section 44 of the Act will be 
entitled to a reduced filing fee under Sec. 2.6(a)(1)(iii) if it is 
filed through TEAS and includes:
    (1) The applicant's name and address;
    (2) The applicant's legal entity;
    (3) The citizenship of an individual applicant, or the state or 
country of incorporation or organization of a juristic applicant;
    (4) If the applicant is a partnership, the names and citizenship of 
the applicant's general partners;
    (5) A name and address for correspondence;
    (6) An e-mail address for correspondence, and an authorization for 
the Office to send correspondence concerning the application to the 
applicant or applicant's attorney by e-mail;
    (7) One or more bases for filing that satisfy all the requirements 
of Sec. 2.34. If more than one basis is set forth, the applicant must 
comply with the requirements of Sec. 2.34 for each asserted basis;
    (8) Correctly classified goods and/or services, with an 
identification of goods and/or services from the Office's Acceptable 
Identification of Goods and Services Manual, available through the TEAS 
Plus form and at http://www.uspto.gov. In an application based on 
section 44 of the Act, the scope of the goods and/or services covered by 
the section 44 basis may not exceed the scope of the goods and/or 
services in the foreign application or registration;
    (9) If the application contains goods and/or services in more than 
one class, compliance with Sec. 2.86;
    (10) A filing fee for each class of goods and/or services, as 
required by Sec. 2.6(a)(1)(iii);
    (11) A verified statement that meets the requirements of Sec. 2.33, 
dated and signed by a person properly authorized

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to sign on behalf of the applicant pursuant to Sec. 2.33(a);
    (12) A clear drawing of the mark. If the applicant does not claim 
standard characters, the applicant must attach a digitized image of the 
mark in .jpg format. If the mark includes color, the drawing must show 
the mark in color;
    (13) If the mark is in standard characters, a mark comprised of only 
characters in the Office's standard character set, currently available 
at http://www.uspto.gov, typed in the appropriate field of the TEAS Plus 
form;
    (14) If the mark includes color, a statement naming the color(s) and 
describing where the color(s) appears on the mark, and a claim that the 
color(s) is a feature of the mark;
    (15) If the mark is not in standard characters, a description of the 
mark;
    (16) If the mark includes non-English wording, an English 
translation of that wording;
    (17) If the mark includes non-Latin characters, a transliteration of 
those characters;
    (18) If the mark includes an individual's name or portrait, either 
(i) a statement that identifies the living individual whose name or 
likeness the mark comprises and written consent of the individual, or 
(ii) a statement that the name or portrait does not identify a living 
individual (see section 2(c) of the Act);
    (19) If the applicant owns one or more registrations for the same 
mark, a claim of ownership of the registration(s) identified by the 
registration number(s), pursuant to Sec. 2.36; and
    (20) If the application is a concurrent use application, compliance 
with Sec. 2.42.
    (b) If an application does not meet the requirements of paragraph 
(a) of this section at the time of filing, the applicant must pay the 
fee required by Sec. 2.6(a)(1)(iv). The application will retain its 
original filing date, provided that when filed, the application met the 
filing date requirements of Sec. 2.21.
    (c) The following types of applications cannot be filed as TEAS Plus 
applications under paragraph (a) of this section:
    (1) Applications for certification marks (see Sec. 2.45);
    (2) Applications for collective marks (see Sec. 2.44);
    (3) Applications for collective membership marks (see Sec. 2.44); 
and
    (4) Applications for registration on the Supplemental Register (see 
Sec. 2.47).

[70 FR 38773, July 6, 2005]