U.S.C. 1071(b)(1) ) is amended by inserting , other than a registrant subject to an expungement proceeding or ex parte reexamination after authorized by subsection (a) of this section . (e) Technical and conforming amendments The Trademark Act of 1946 is amended— (1) in section 15 ( 15 U.S.C. 1065 ), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking paragraphs (3) and (5) and inserting paragraphs (3), (5), and (6)