# Changes To Implement Provisions of the Trademark Modernization Act of 2020; Delay of Effective Date
> **US Patent and Trademark Office** · Final rule; delay of effective date. · Published 2023-09-12 · Effective 2021-11-17 · 88 FR 62463
## Document
- **Document number:** 2023-19669
- **Category:** uspto-patent
- **Sub-agency:** US Patent and Trademark Office
- **Federal Register citation:** 88 FR 62463
- **CFR reference:** 37 CFR 2
- **Publication date:** 2023-09-12
- **Effective date:** 2021-11-17
- **Commerce docket:** Docket No. PTO-T-2021-0008
## Abstract

On November 17, 2021, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) published in the Federal Register a final rule amending its regulations to implement provisions of the Trademark Modernization Act of 2020 (TMA) concerning new response periods and extensions in the examination of post-registration filings. Those provisions had an effective date of December 1, 2022. On October 13, 2022, the provisions regarding responses and extensions in the examination of post- registration filings were subsequently delayed until October 7, 2023. This notice further delays the provisions that address the post- registration provisions until the spring or early summer of 2024.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/09/12/2023-19669/changes-to-implement-provisions-of-the-trademark-modernization-act-of-2020-delay-of-effective-date)
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