---
kind: "section"
citation: "15 U.S.C. § 1141d"
title: "15"
title_heading: "Commerce and Trade"
number: "1141d"
heading: "Request for extension of protection subsequent to international registration"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/15/1141d"
units:
  - "Chapter 22 — Trademarks"
  - "Subchapter IV — The Madrid Protocol"
---

# §1141d. Request for extension of protection subsequent to international registration


The holder of an [international registration](/usc/15/1141.md?p=11) that is based upon a [basic application](/usc/15/1141.md?p=1) filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or a [basic registration](/usc/15/1141.md?p=2) granted by the Patent and Trademark Office may request an [extension of protection](/usc/15/1141.md?p=6) of its [international registration](/usc/15/1141.md?p=11) by filing such a request—

- (1) directly with the [International Bureau](/usc/15/1141.md?p=9); or
- (2) with the United States Patent and Trademark Office for transmittal to the [International Bureau](/usc/15/1141.md?p=9), if the request is in such form, and contains such transmittal fee, as may be prescribed by the Director.

## Source credit

(July 5, 1946, ch. 540, title XII, § 64, as added Pub. L. 107–273, div. C, title III, § 13402, Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1916.)