---
kind: "section"
citation: "37 C.F.R. § 2.25"
title: "37"
number: "2.25"
heading: "Documents not returnable."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/37/2.25"
---

# §2.25. Documents not returnable.


Except as provided in [§ 2.27(e)](/cfr/37/2.27.md?p=e), documents filed in the Office by the applicant or registrant become part of the official record and will not be returned or removed.


## Notes

### Amendments

[73 FR 67768, Nov. 17, 2008]

### 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

[73 FR 67768, Nov. 17, 2008]