---
kind: "section"
citation: "47 C.F.R. § 1.10008"
title: "47"
number: "1.10008"
heading: "What are ICFS file numbers?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/47/1.10008"
---

# §1.10008. What are ICFS file numbers?

- (a) **We assign file numbers to electronic applications in order to facilitate processing.**
- (b) We only assign file numbers for administrative convenience; they do not mean that an application is acceptable for filing.
- (c) For a description of file number information, see The International Bureau Filing System File Number Format Public Notice, DA-04-568 (released February 27, 2004).

## Notes

### Amendments

[69 FR 29895, May 26, 2004, as amended at 88 FR 21437, Apr. 10, 2023]

### Source

Source: 69 FR 29895, May 26, 2004, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 69 FR 40327, July 2, 2004.

### Authority

Authority: 47 U.S.C. chs. 2, 5, 9, 13; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note; 47 U.S.C. 1754, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[69 FR 29895, May 26, 2004, as amended at 88 FR 21437, Apr. 10, 2023]