15 U.S.C. § 1112
Classification of goods and services; registration in plurality of classes
United States · Title 15 — COMMERCE AND TRADE · Status: effective
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- 15 U.S.C. § 1112, Classification of goods and services; registration in plurality of classes, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/440897
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The Director may establish a classification of goods and services, for convenience of Patent and Trademark Office administration, but not to limit or extend the applicant’s or registrant’s rights. The applicant may apply to register a mark for any or all of the goods or services on or in connection with which he or she is using or has a bona fide intention to use the mark in commerce: Provided, That if the Director by regulation permits the filing of an application for the registration of a mark for goods or services which fall within a plurality of classes, a fee equaling the sum of the fees for filing an application in each class shall be paid, and the Director may issue a single certificate of registration for such mark.
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.
- A bill to amend the Trademark Act of 1946 and title 35 of the United States Code to change the name of the Patent Office to the "Patent and Trademark Office".House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Trademark Law Revision Act of 1988House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2000