CFR > Title 37 - Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights > CHAPTER I—UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE > PART 7—RULES OF PRACTICE IN FILINGS PURSUANT TO THE PROTOCOL RELATING TO THE MADRID AGREEMENT CONCERNING THE INTERNATIONAL REGISTRATION OF MARKS > SUBPART A—General Information (§7.1 to §7.7) > 7.1—Definitions of terms as used in this part.

7.1—Definitions of terms as used in this part.

(a) the Act means the Trademark Act of 1946, 60 Stat. 427, as amended, codified in 15 U.S.C. 1051 et seq.
(b) Subsequent designation means a request for extension of protection of an international registration to a Contracting Party made after the International Bureau registers the mark.
(c) The acronym TEAS means the Trademark Electronic Application System available on-line through the Office's Web site at: www.uspto.gov.
(d) The term Office means the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
(e) All references to sections in this part refer to 37 Code of Federal Regulations, except as otherwise stated.