Compendium of U.S. Copyright Office Practices, Third Edition
| 620.10 | Examination Guidelines: Transfer Statement | 183 |
| 620.10(A) | Transfer of Copyright Ownership or Other Documents Pertaining to Copyright Submitted with the Application | 183 |
| 620.10(B) | Chain of Title | 184 |
| 620.10(C) | Unacceptable Transfer Statements | 185 |
| 620.10(C)(1) | Transfer by Oral Agreement | 185 |
| 620.10(C)(2) | Transfer of One or More—but Less than All—of the Rights under Copyright | 185 |
| 620.10(C)(3) | Transfer Statements That Merely Describe the Relationship between the Author and the Copyright Claimant | 187 |
| 620.10(C)(4) | Transfer or Possession of Material Object | 188 |
| 620.10(D) | No Transfer Statement Given | 188 |
| 620.10(D)(1) | Copyright Transferred by Inheritance or by Operation of Law | 188 |
| 620.10(D)(1)(a) | Inheritance | 188 |
| 620.10(D)(1)(b) | Partnerships | 189 |
| 620.10(D)(1)(c) | Community Property States | 189 |
| 620.10(D)(2) | Same Person Is Named as Author and Claimant | 190 |
| 620.10(D)(2)(a) | Anonymous and Pseudonymous Works | 190 |
| 620.10(D)(2)(b) | Individual Named as Author and Unincorporated Organization Named as Claimant | 191 |
| 620.10(D)(2)(c) | Extraneous Information Provided in the Transfer Statement Field / Space | 192 |
| 621 | Limitation of Claim | 192 |
| 621.1 | What Is Unclaimable Material? | 193 |
| 621.2 | Unclaimable Material That Need Not Be Excluded from the Application | 195 |
| 621.3 | The Relationship Between the Author Created / Limitation of Claim Fields in the Online Application and the Relationship between Spaces 2, 6(a), and 6(b) of the Paper Application | 195 |
| 621.4 | Previously Published Material | 196 |
| 621.5 | Previously Registered Material | 197 |
| 621.6 | Public Domain Material | 198 |
| 621.7 | Copyrightable Material That Is Owned by an Individual or Entity Other Than the Claimant | 199 |
| 621.8 | Completing the Application: Limitation of Claim | 200 |
| 621.8(A) | Identifying the Material That the Author Created | 200 |
| 621.8(B) | Identifying Unclaimable Material That Should Be Excluded from the Claim | 201 |
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