---
kind: "unit"
title: "37"
title_heading: "Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights"
key: "chI/subchA/part3"
level: "part"
label: "Part 3"
heading: "Assignment, Recording and Rights of Assignee"
release: "ecfr-current"
date: "2026-08-27"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/37/chI-subchA-part3"
sections_count: 21
---

# Part 3 — Assignment, Recording and Rights of Assignee

Title 37 C.F.R. — Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights › Chapter I — United States Patent and Trademark Office, Department of Commerce › Subchapter A — General

## Sections

- [§3.1. Definitions.](/cfr/37/3.1.md)
- [§3.11. Documents which will be recorded.](/cfr/37/3.11.md)
- [§3.16. Assignability of trademarks prior to filing of an allegation of use.](/cfr/37/3.16.md)
- [§3.21. Identification of patents and patent applications.](/cfr/37/3.21.md)
- [§3.24. Requirements for documents and cover sheets relating to patents and patent applications.](/cfr/37/3.24.md)
- [§3.25. Recording requirements for trademark applications and registrations.](/cfr/37/3.25.md)
- [§3.26. English language requirement.](/cfr/37/3.26.md)
- [§3.27. Mailing address for submitting documents to be recorded.](/cfr/37/3.27.md)
- [§3.28. Requests for recording.](/cfr/37/3.28.md)
- [§3.31. Cover sheet content.](/cfr/37/3.31.md)
- [§3.34. Correction of cover sheet errors.](/cfr/37/3.34.md)
- [§3.41. Recording fees.](/cfr/37/3.41.md)
- [§3.51. Recording date.](/cfr/37/3.51.md)
- [§3.54. Effect of recording.](/cfr/37/3.54.md)
- [§3.56. Conditional assignments.](/cfr/37/3.56.md)
- [§3.58. Governmental registers.](/cfr/37/3.58.md)
- [§3.61. Domestic representative.](/cfr/37/3.61.md)
- [§3.71. Prosecution by assignee.](/cfr/37/3.71.md)
- [§3.73. Establishing right of assignee to take action.](/cfr/37/3.73.md)
- [§3.81. Issue of patent to assignee.](/cfr/37/3.81.md)
- [§3.85. Issue of registration to assignee.](/cfr/37/3.85.md)