619.13(T) Name or Address of Claimant Omitted
If the applicant fails to provide the claimant’s name and address in an online application, the application will not be accepted by the electronic registration system.
If the applicant fails to provide the claimant’s name in a paper application, the registration specialist may add the author’s name to the claimant space and register the claim with an annotation, such as: “Regarding claimant information: No name given on application. Claim registered in author’s name(s) as claimant(s). 37 CFR 202.3 (A) (3) (I).”
If the applicant fails to provide the claimant’s address, and if the same individual or entity is named in the Claimant, Correspondent, and/or Mail Certificate spaces, the specialist may add the address provided in those spaces and register the claim with an annotation, such as: “Regarding claimant information: Address added by Copyright Office from application.”