---
kind: "section"
citation: "37 C.F.R. § 3.54"
title: "37"
number: "3.54"
heading: "Effect of recording."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/37/3.54"
---

# §3.54. Effect of recording.


The recording of a document pursuant to [§ 3.11](/cfr/37/3.11.md) is not a determination by the Office of the validity of the document or the effect that document has on the title to an application, a patent, or a registration. When necessary, the Office will determine what effect a document has, including whether a party has the authority to take an action in a matter pending before the Office.


## Notes

### 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.