---
kind: "section"
citation: "37 C.F.R. § 2.21"
title: "37"
number: "2.21"
heading: "Requirements for receiving a filing date."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/37/2.21"
---

# §2.21. Requirements for receiving a filing date.

- (a) The Office will grant a filing date to an application under [section 1](/cfr/37/1.md) or section 44 of the Act that is filed through TEAS, is written in the English language, and contains all of the following:
  - (1) The name, address, and email address of each applicant;
  - (2) If the applicant is represented by a practitioner qualified under [§ 11.14](/cfr/37/11.14.md) of this chapter, the practitioner's name, postal address, and email address;
  - (3) A clear drawing of the mark;
  - (4) A listing of the goods or services; and
  - (5) The filing fee required under [§ 2.6](/cfr/37/2.6.md) for at least one class of goods or services.
- (b) If the applicant does not satisfy all the elements required in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section, the Office will deny a filing date to the application unless the applicant meets the requirements of [paragraph (c)](#c) of this section.
- (c) If the applicant is a national of a country that has acceded to the Trademark Law Treaty, but not to the Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks, the requirements of [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section to file through TEAS and provide an email address do not apply.

## Notes

### Amendments

[84 FR 37093, July 31, 2019, as amended at 84 FR 68046, Dec. 13, 2019]

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 2.21 to 2.47 also issued under sec. 1, 60 Stat. 427; 15 U.S.C. 1051.

### 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

[84 FR 37093, July 31, 2019, as amended at 84 FR 68046, Dec. 13, 2019]