[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: 37CFR2.47]

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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. 2.47  Supplemental Register.

    (a) In an application to register on the Supplemental Register under 
section 23 of the Act, the application shall so indicate and shall 
specify that the mark has been in lawful use in commerce, specifying the 
nature of such commerce, by the applicant.
    (b) In an application to register on the Supplemental Register under 
section 44 of the Act, the application shall so indicate. The statement 
of lawful use in commerce may be omitted.
    (c) An application under section 66(a) of the Act is not eligible 
for registration on the Supplemental Register.

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    (d) A mark in an application to register on the Principal Register 
under section 1(b) of the Act is eligible for registration on the 
Supplemental Register only after an acceptable amendment to allege use 
under Sec. 2.76 or statement of use under Sec. 2.88 has been timely 
filed.
    (e) An application for registration on the Supplemental Register 
must conform to the requirements for registration on the Principal 
Register under section 1(a) of the Act, so far as applicable.

[54 FR 37590, Sept. 11, 1989, as amended at 68 FR 55763, Sept. 26, 2003]

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    Authority: Secs. 2.51 to 2.55 also issued under sec. 1, 60 Stat. 
427; 15 U.S.C. 1051.