{"data":{"id":"us/37-cfr-2.162","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"37 CFR 2.162","heading":"Notice to registrant.","body":"When a certificate of registration is originally issued, the Office issues with the certificate a notice of the requirement for filing the affidavit or declaration of use or excusable nonuse under section 8 or section 71 of the Act. However, the affidavit or declaration must be filed within the time period required by section 8 or section 71 of the Act even if this notice is not received.","path":["Title 37—Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights","CHAPTER I—UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE","SUBCHAPTER A—GENERAL","PART 2—RULES OF PRACTICE IN TRADEMARK CASES"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-37.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:45Z","sha256":"3846e41874e1751603ce47aeb4a645adb82994f9067290651495e961cc7bd755","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/37-cfr-2.161","next":"us/37-cfr-2.163"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}