---
kind: "section"
citation: "37 C.F.R. § 3.16"
title: "37"
number: "3.16"
heading: "Assignability of trademarks prior to filing of an allegation of use."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/37/3.16"
---

# §3.16. Assignability of trademarks prior to filing of an allegation of use.


Before an allegation of use under either 15 U.S.C. [1051(c)](/usc/15/1051.md?p=c) or [15](/usc/15/15.md) U.S.C. 1051(d) is filed, an applicant may only assign an application to register a mark under [15 U.S.C. 1051(b)](/usc/15/1051.md?p=b) to a successor to the applicant's business, or portion of the business to which the mark pertains, if that business is ongoing and existing.


## Notes

### Amendments

[64 FR 48926, Sept. 8, 1999]

### Authority

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 1123; 35 U.S.C. 2(b)(2).

### Source

Source: 57 FR 29642, July 6, 1992, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[64 FR 48926, Sept. 8, 1999]