---
kind: "section"
citation: "37 C.F.R. § 2.53"
title: "37"
number: "2.53"
heading: "Requirements for drawings filed through the TEAS."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/37/2.53"
---

# §2.53. Requirements for drawings filed through the TEAS.


The drawing must meet the requirements of [§ 2.52](/cfr/37/2.52.md). In addition, in a TEAS submission, the drawing must meet the following requirements:

- (a) **Standard character drawings.** If an applicant seeks registration of a standard character mark, the applicant must enter the mark in the appropriate field on the TEAS form, and check the box to claim that the mark consists of standard characters.
- (b) **Special form drawings—** If an applicant is filing a special form drawing, the applicant must attach a digitized image of the mark to the TEAS submission that meets the requirements of [paragraph (c)](#c) of this section.
- (c) **Requirements for digitized image—** The image must be in .jpg format and scanned at no less than 300 dots per inch and no more than 350 dots per inch with a length and width of no less than 250 pixels and no more than 944 pixels. All lines must be clean, sharp and solid, not fine or crowded, and produce a high quality image when copied.

## Notes

### Amendments

[68 FR 55764, Sept. 26, 2003, as amended at 70 FR 38774, July 6, 2005; 73 FR 67769, Nov. 17, 2008]

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 2.51 to 2.55 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

[68 FR 55764, Sept. 26, 2003, as amended at 70 FR 38774, July 6, 2005; 73 FR 67769, Nov. 17, 2008]