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 E—Extension of Protection to the United States (§7.25 to §7.31) > 7.27—Priority claim of extension of protection for purposes of examination in the Office.

7.27—Priority claim of extension of protection for purposes of examination in the Office.

An extension of protection of an international registration to the United States is entitled to a claim of priority under section 67 of the Act if:
(a) The request for extension of protection contains a claim of priority;
(b) The request for extension of protection specifies the filing date, serial number and the country of the application that forms the basis for the claim of priority; and
(c) The date of the international registration or the date of recording of the subsequent designation at the International Bureau of the request for extension of protection to the United States is not later than six months after the filing date of the application that forms the basis for the claim of priority.