# Changes To Implement Provisions of the Trademark Modernization Act of 2020; Delay of Effective Date and Correction
> **US Patent and Trademark Office** · Final rule and final rule; delay of effective date and correction. · Published 2022-10-13 · Effective 2022-10-13 · 87 FR 62032
## Document
- **Document number:** 2022-22217
- **Category:** uspto-patent
- **Sub-agency:** US Patent and Trademark Office
- **Federal Register citation:** 87 FR 62032
- **CFR reference:** 37 CFR 2
- **Publication date:** 2022-10-13
- **Effective date:** 2022-10-13
- **Commerce docket:** Docket No. PTO-T-2021-0008
## Abstract

On November 17, 2021, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO or Office) published in the Federal Register a final rule amending its regulations to implement provisions of the Trademark Modernization Act of 2020 (TMA). This action changes the effective date for the regulations published in the November 17, 2021, final rule that established new Office action response periods and set fees for requests to extend Office action response deadlines. This action resets the effective date for responses and extensions from December 1, 2022, to December 3, 2022, in the examination of applications, and from December 1, 2022, to October 7, 2023, in the examination of post- registration filings.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/10/13/2022-22217/changes-to-implement-provisions-of-the-trademark-modernization-act-of-2020-delay-of-effective-date)
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