---
kind: "section"
citation: "37 C.F.R. § 7.31"
title: "37"
number: "7.31"
heading: "Requirements for transformation of an extension of protection to the United States into a U.S. application."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/37/7.31"
---

# §7.31. Requirements for transformation of an extension of protection to the United States into a U.S. application.


If the International Bureau cancels an international registration in whole or in part, under Article 6(4) of the Madrid Protocol, the holder of that international registration may file a request to transform the goods and/or services to which the cancellation applies in the corresponding pending or registered extension of protection to the United States into an application under section [1](/cfr/37/1.md) or [44](/cfr/37/44.md) of the Act.

- (a) The holder of the international registration must file a request for transformation within three months of the date of cancellation of the international registration and include:
  - (1) The serial number or registration number of the extension of protection to the United States;
  - (2) The name and address of the holder of the international registration;
  - (3) Identify the goods and/or services to be transformed, if other than all the goods and/or services that have been cancelled;
  - (4) The application filing fee for at least one class of goods or services required by [§ 2.6(a)(1)](/cfr/37/2.6.md?p=a-1) of this chapter; and
  - (5) **An email address for receipt of correspondence from the Office.**
- (b) If the request for transformation contains all the elements set forth in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section, the extension of protection shall be transformed into an application under [section 1](/cfr/37/1.md) and/or 44 of the Act and accorded the same filing date and the same priority that was accorded to the extension of protection.
- (c) The application under [section 1](/cfr/37/1.md) and/or 44 of the Act that results from a transformed extension of protection will be examined under [part 2](/cfr/37/part2.md) of this chapter.
- (d) A request for transformation that fails to contain all the elements set forth in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section will not be accepted.

## Notes

### Amendments

[68 FR 55769, Sept. 26, 2003, as amended at 69 FR 57186, Sept. 24, 2004; 80 FR 2313, Jan. 16, 2015]

### Authority

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 1123, 35 U.S.C. 2, Pub. L. 116-260, 134 Stat. 1182, unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 68 FR 55769, Sept. 26, 2003, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[68 FR 55769, Sept. 26, 2003, as amended at 69 FR 57186, Sept. 24, 2004; 80 FR 2313, Jan. 16, 2015]