{"data":{"id":"us/37-cfr-7.26","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"37 CFR 7.26","heading":"Filing date of extension of protection for purposes of examination in the Office.","body":"(a) If a request for extension of protection of an international registration to the United States is made in an international application and the request includes a declaration of a bona fide intention to use the mark in commerce as set out in § 2.33(e) of this chapter, the filing date of the extension of protection to the United States is the international registration date.\n(b) If a request for extension of protection of an international registration to the United States is made in a subsequent designation and the request includes a declaration of a bona fide intention to use the mark in commerce as set out in § 2.33(e), the filing date of the extension of protection to the United States is the date that the International Bureau records the subsequent designation.","path":["Title 37—Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights","CHAPTER I—UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE","SUBCHAPTER A—GENERAL","PART 7—RULES OF PRACTICE IN FILINGS PURSUANT TO THE PROTOCOL RELATING TO THE MADRID AGREEMENT CONCERNING THE INTERNATIONAL REGISTRATION OF MARKS","Subpart E—Extension of Protection to the United States"],"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":"1ab90884cfd4a3ef49c330351bb027282b47f1248596f54cffc93988e5d65541","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/37-cfr-7.25","next":"us/37-cfr-7.27"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}