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Title 37 - PATENTS, TRADEMARKS, AND COPYRIGHTSChapter I - UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCESubchapter A - GENERALPart 2 - RULES OF PRACTICE IN TRADEMARK CASES
GENERAL INFORMATION AND CORRESPONDENCE IN TRADEMARK CASES
Section 2.191 - Action of the Office based on the written record

37 C.F.R. § 2.191

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Section 2.191 - Action of the Office based on the written record

All business with the Office must be transacted in writing. The action of the Office will be based exclusively on the written record. No consideration will be given to any alleged oral promise, stipulation, or understanding when there is disagreement or doubt.

37 C.F.R. §2.191

84 FR 37096, July 31, 2019
81 FR 69987, 1/14/2017; 84 FR 37096, 10/5/2019

Part 3 pertaining to both patents and trademarks is placed in the grouping pertaining to patents regulations.

Part 4 is placed in the separate grouping of parts pertaining to patents regulations.

Part 5 is placed in the separate grouping of parts pertaining to patents regulations.