CFR > Title 15 - Commerce and Foreign Trade > SUBTITLE B—Regulations Relating to Commerce and Foreign Trade > CHAPTER II—NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (parts 200 to 297) > SUBCHAPTER J—ACCREDITATION AND ASSESSMENT PROGRAMS (parts 280 to 287) > PART 280—FASTENER QUALITY > SUBPART D—Recordal of Insignia (§280.300 to §280.326) > 280.300—Recorded insignia required prior to offer for sale.

280.300—Recorded insignia required prior to offer for sale.

Unless the specifications provide otherwise, if a fastener is required by the applicable consensus standard(s) to bear an insignia identifying its manufacturer, the manufacturer must:
(a) Record the insignia with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office prior to any sale or offer for sale of the fastener; and
(b) Apply the insignia to any fastener that is sold or offered for sale. The insignia must be readable, and must be applied using the method for applying a permanent insignia that is provided for in the applicable consensus standard(s), or, if the applicable consensus standard(s) do(es) not specify a method for applying a permanent insignia, through any means of imprinting a permanent impression.

Code of Federal Regulations

[65 FR 39803, June 28, 2000]