---
kind: "section"
citation: "37 C.F.R. § 2.175"
title: "37"
number: "2.175"
heading: "Correction of mistake by owner."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/37/2.175"
---

# §2.175. Correction of mistake by owner.

- (a) Whenever a mistake has been made in a registration and a showing has been made that the mistake occurred in good faith through the fault of the owner, the Director may issue a certificate of correction. In the discretion of the Director, the Office may issue a new certificate upon payment of the required fee, provided that the correction does not involve such changes in the registration as to require republication of the mark.
- (b) **An application for such action must—**
  - (1) **Include the following—**
    - (i) Specification of the mistake for which correction is sought;
    - (ii) Description of the manner in which it arose; and
    - (iii) A showing that it occurred in good faith;
  - (2) Be verified; and
  - (3) **Be accompanied by the required fee.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[30 FR 13193, Oct. 16, 1965, as amended at 31 FR 5262, Apr. 1, 1966; 69 FR 51364, Aug. 19, 2004; 73 FR 67774, Nov. 17, 2008; 80 FR 33189, June 11, 2015]

### Authority

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 1113, 1123; 35 U.S.C. 2; sec. 10, Pub. L. 112-29, 125 Stat. 284; Pub. L. 116-260, 134 Stat. 1182, unless otherwise noted. Sec. 2.99 also issued under secs. 16, 17, 60 Stat. 434; 15 U.S.C. 1066, 1067.

### Source

Source: 30 FR 13193, Oct. 16, 1965, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[30 FR 13193, Oct. 16, 1965, as amended at 31 FR 5262, Apr. 1, 1966; 69 FR 51364, Aug. 19, 2004; 73 FR 67774, Nov. 17, 2008; 80 FR 33189, June 11, 2015]