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2.
Address of Claimant.
a.
The law (17 U.S.C. 209) requires that the
certificate include the address of the copyright claimant, but it is the practice of the Examining Division to accept an application in which the address has been omitted from the claimant line, as long as it appears elsewhere on the form (e.g., in the authorship line or in the return address box).1)
The fact that no address is given in
line 1 of an application does not necessarily call for a referral, and the cataloger should not reexamine the application to determine if the address has been given elsewhere.2)
If, in the ordinary course of cataloging, the cataloger notes that the claimant's address has been omitted from the application altogether, the case should be referred.
b.
If the claimant's address is missing from line 1 but appears elsewhere on the form, the examiner will make a small pencil check in the appropriate space in line 1, to show the cataloger that the omission has been noted.
3.
Citizenship of Claimant (Form A-B Ad Interim).
a.
The law (17 U.S.C. 22) requires that the citizenship of the claimant be given on an application for ad interim registration.
b.
Cases where citizenship has been omitted from line 1 of Form A-B Ad Interim should be referred unless the author and claimant are the same and his citizenship appears in the authorship line; in that case the examiner should place a pencil check in line 1 to show that the omission has been noted.
