[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: 37CFR7.38]

[Page 320]
 
              TITLE 37--PATENTS, TRADEMARKS, AND COPYRIGHTS
 
  CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                                COMMERCE
 
PART 7_RULES OF PRACTICE IN FILINGS PURSUANT TO THE PROTOCOL RELATING TO THE MADRID AGREEMENT CONCERNING THE INTERNATIONAL REGISTRATION OF MARKS--Table of Contents
 
    Subpart F_Affidavit Under Section 71 of the Act for Extension of 
                     Protection to the United States
 
Sec. 7.38  Notice to holder of extension of protection.

    The registration certificate for an extension of protection to the 
United States includes a notice of the requirement for filing the 
affidavit or declaration of use or excusable nonuse under section 71 of 
the Act. However, the affidavit or declaration must be filed within the 
time period required by section 71 of the Act regardless of whether this 
notice is received.