{"data":{"id":"us/37-cfr-3.1","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"37 CFR 3.1","heading":"Definitions.","body":"For purposes of this part, the following definitions shall apply:\nApplication means a national application for patent, an international patent application that designates the United States of America, an international design application that designates the United States of America, or an application to register a trademark under section 1 or 44 of the Trademark Act, 15 U.S.C. 1051, or 15 U.S.C. 1126, unless otherwise indicated.\nAssignment means a transfer by a party of all or part of its right, title and interest in a patent, patent application, registered mark or a mark for which an application to register has been filed.\nDocument means a document which a party requests to be recorded in the Office pursuant to § 3.11 and which affects some interest in an application, patent, or registration.\nOffice means the United States Patent and Trademark Office.\nRecorded document means a document which has been recorded in the Office pursuant to § 3.11.\nRegistration means a trademark registration issued by the Office.","path":["Title 37—Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights","CHAPTER I—UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE","SUBCHAPTER A—GENERAL","PART 3—ASSIGNMENT, RECORDING AND RIGHTS OF ASSIGNEE"],"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":"59d6a550d8d88d8193691865dce5d7b729a02b971fe125a1972552fce544827f","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/37-cfr-1.1071","next":"us/37-cfr-3.11"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}