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    <CFRTITLE>37</CFRTITLE>
    <CFRTITLETEXT>Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights</CFRTITLETEXT>
    <VOL>1</VOL>
    <DATE>2007-07-01</DATE>
    <ORIGINALDATE>2007-07-01</ORIGINALDATE>
    <COVERONLY>false</COVERONLY>
    <TITLE>Effect of recording.</TITLE>
    <GRANULENUM>3.54</GRANULENUM>
    <HEADING>Section 3.54</HEADING>
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      <PARENT HEADING="Title 37" SEQ="4">Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights</PARENT>
      <PARENT HEADING="CHAPTER I" SEQ="3">UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE</PARENT>
      <PARENT HEADING="SUBCHAPTER A" SEQ="2">GENERAL</PARENT>
      <PARENT HEADING="PART 3" SEQ="1">ASSIGNMENT, RECORDING AND RIGHTS OF ASSIGNEE</PARENT>
      <PARENT HEADING="" SEQ="0">Date and Effect of Recording</PARENT>
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    <SECTNO>§ 3.54</SECTNO>
    <SUBJECT>Effect of recording.</SUBJECT>
    <P>The recording of a document pursuant to § 3.11 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.</P>
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