1. (a) The application may be amended to correct informalities, or to avoid objections made by the trademark examiner, or for other reasons arising in the course of examination. Amendments to the dates of use may require additional evidence. An applicant cannot amend the dates of first use to indicate a date subsequent to the date of receipt of the application.
2. (b) Additions to the specified goods or services will not be permitted unless the mark was in actual use on all of the proposed additional goods or services at the time the application was filed. The examiner may require additional specimens (or facsimiles) and a supplemental statement by the applicant.
3. (c) An examiner may require the submission of a new application and fee when proposed amendments substantially change the nature of the mark.

Source Note:The provisions of this §93.131 adopted to be effective May 8, 1989, 14 TexReg 2022; amended to be effective February 18, 1998, 23 TexReg 1535.