References to Electronic Filing Systems in Rules of Practice in Filings Pursuant to the Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks

What it does

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO or Office) issues this final rule to effectuate a nomenclature change by substituting generic terminology for references to particular electronic filing systems used to submit correspondence related to international applications originating with the United States under the Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks (Madrid Protocol). This amendment clarifies terminology without changing filing requirements or statutory obligations.

The Patent and Trademark Office's summary, as published in the Federal Register.

What changed in the regulation

1 part of Title 37 of the Code of Federal Regulations:

37 CFR 7

Wording on eCFR: the day before it took effect and from the day it took effect (first part listed).

Compared with

The Patent and Trademark Office has published 4 final rules in 2026 so far, compared with 5 in all of 2025.

Counted by the Tribune from Federal Register records since Jan. 1, 2025.

Before this

No earlier Federal Register document under regulation identifier 0651-AD95 since Jan. 1, 2025.

What happens next and when

This rule is effective July 15, 2026.

The agency's dates, word for word.

Check it yourself

• The document in the Federal Register
• Docket PTO-T-2026-0166 on Regulations.gov
• Title 37 on eCFR

The record as published

Source: the Federal Register (public domain). The document in the Federal Register