{"data":{"id":"us/37-cfr-3.54","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"37 CFR 3.54","heading":"Effect of recording.","body":"The recording of a document pursuant to § 3.11 is not a determination by the Office of the validity of the document or the effect that document has on the title to an application, a patent, or a registration. When necessary, the Office will determine what effect a document has, including whether a party has the authority to take an action in a matter pending before 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":"e3598b8016bbf2306a5562c04badc5b4a3a7e7c36db73ebf17b0232243119bc1","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/37-cfr-3.51","next":"us/37-cfr-3.56"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}