# Changes in Requirements for Affidavits or Declarations of Use, Continued Use, or Excusable Nonuse in Trademark Cases
> **US Patent and Trademark Office** · Final rule; delay of effective date. · Published 2017-02-10 · Effective 2017-03-21 · 82 FR 10273
## Document
- **Document number:** 2017-02796
- **Category:** other
- **Sub-agency:** US Patent and Trademark Office
- **Federal Register citation:** 82 FR 10273
- **CFR reference:** 37 CFR 2
- **Publication date:** 2017-02-10
- **Effective date:** 2017-03-21
- **Commerce docket:** Docket No. PTO-T-2016-0002
## Abstract

In accordance with the memorandum of January 20, 2017, from the Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff, entitled "Regulatory Freeze Pending Review," this action delays for 60 days the effective date of the final rule entitled "Changes in Requirements for Affidavits or Declarations of Use, Continued Use, or Excusable Nonuse in Trademark Cases," published in the Federal Register on January 19, 2017. The 60-day delay in effective date is necessary to give agency officials the opportunity for further review of the issues of law and policy raised by this rule.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/02/10/2017-02796/changes-in-requirements-for-affidavits-or-declarations-of-use-continued-use-or-excusable-nonuse-in)
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