Statutory Authority for Examination

15 U.S.C. §1062

Publication.

(a) Upon the filing of an application for registration and

payment of the prescribed fee, the Director shall refer the application to the

examiner in charge of the registration of marks, who shall cause an examination to

be made....

(b)(1) If the applicant is found not entitled to registration,

the examiner shall notify the applicant thereof and of the reasons therefor.  The

applicant may reply or amend the application, which shall then be reexamined.

This procedure may be repeated until the examiner finally refuses registration of

the mark or the application is abandoned as described in paragraph (2).

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