# International Trademark Classification Changes
> **US Patent and Trademark Office** · Final rule. · Published 2012-08-09 · Effective 2012-08-09 · 77 FR 47528
## Document
- **Document number:** 2012-19568
- **Category:** other
- **Sub-agency:** US Patent and Trademark Office
- **Federal Register citation:** 77 FR 47528
- **CFR reference:** 37 CFR 6
- **Publication date:** 2012-08-09
- **Effective date:** 2012-08-09
- **Commerce docket:** Docket No. PTO-T-2012-0027
## Abstract

The United States Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO") issues a final rule to incorporate classification changes adopted by the Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks ("Nice Agreement"). These changes became effective January 1, 2012, and are listed in the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks (10th ed., 2011), which is published by the World Intellectual Property Organization ("WIPO"). In addition, the USPTO is amending some punctuation and grammar to conform to what appears in the Nice Agreement.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2012/08/09/2012-19568/international-trademark-classification-changes)
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