[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: 37CFR204.7]

[Page 596]
 
              TITLE 37--PATENTS, TRADEMARKS, AND COPYRIGHTS
 
                                CONGRESS
 
PART 204_PRIVACY ACT: POLICIES AND PROCEDURES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 204.7  Request for correction or amendment of records.

    (a) Any individual may request the correction or amendment of a 
record pertaining to her or him. With respect to an error in a copyright 
registration, the procedure for correction and fee chargeable is 
governed by section 408(d) of title 17 of the United States Code, and 
the regulations issued as authorized by that section. With respect to an 
error in any other record, the request shall be in writing and delivered 
either by mail addressed to the Supervisory Copyright Information 
Specialist, Copyright Information Section, Copyright GC/I&R, P.O. Box 
70400, Washington, DC 20024, or in person between the hours of 8:30 a.m. 
and 5 p.m. on any working day except legal holidays, at Room LM-401, The 
James Madison Memorial Building, 1st and Independence Avenue, SE, 
Washington, DC. The request shall explain why the individual believes 
the record to be incomplete, inaccurate, irrelevant, or untimely.
    (b) With respect to an error in a copyright registration, the time 
limit for Office response to requests for correction is governed by 
section 408(d) of Pub. L. 94-553, and the regulations issued as 
authorized by that section. With respect to other requests for 
correction or amendment of records, the Office will respond within ten 
working days indicating to the requester that the requested correction 
or amendment has been made or that it has been refused. If the requested 
correction or amendment is refused, the Office response will indicate 
the reason for the refusal and the procedure available to the individual 
to appeal the refusal.

[43 FR 776, Jan. 4, 1978, as amended at 47 FR 36821, Aug. 24, 1982; 60 
FR 34169, June 30, 1995; 64 FR 36575, July 7, 1999; 65 FR 39820, June 
28, 2000; 73 FR 37839, July 2, 2008]