Subpart I. Subpart I—International Design Application

• General Information

  • SECTION § 1.1001 - Definitions related to international design applications.
  • SECTION § 1.1002 - The United States Patent and Trademark Office as an office of indirect filing.
  • SECTION § 1.1003 - The United States Patent and Trademark Office as a designated office.
  • SECTION § 1.1004 - The International Bureau.
  • SECTION § 1.1005 - Display of currently valid control number under the Paperwork Reduction Act.

• Who May File an International Design Application

  • SECTION § 1.1011 - Applicant for international design application.
  • SECTION § 1.1012 - Applicant's Contracting Party.

• The International Design Application

  • SECTION § 1.1021 - Contents of the international design application.
  • SECTION § 1.1022 - Form and signature.
  • SECTION § 1.1023 - Filing date of an international design application in the United States.
  • SECTION § 1.1024 - The description.
  • SECTION § 1.1025 - The claim.
  • SECTION § 1.1026 - Reproductions.
  • SECTION § 1.1027 - Specimens.
  • SECTION § 1.1028 - Deferment of publication.

• Fees

  • SECTION § 1.1031 - International design application fees.

• Representation

  • SECTION § 1.1041 - Representation in an international design application.
  • SECTION § 1.1042 - Correspondence respecting international design applications filed with the Office as an office of indirect filing.

• Transmittal of International Design Application to the International Bureau

  • SECTION § 1.1045 - Procedures for transmittal of international design application to the International Bureau.

• Relief From Prescribed Time Limits; Conversion to a Design Application Under 35 U.S.C. Chapter 16

  • SECTION § 1.1051 - Relief from prescribed time limits.
  • SECTION § 1.1052 - Conversion to a design application under 35 U.S.C. chapter 16.

• National Processing of International Design Applications

  • SECTION § 1.1061 - Rules applicable.
  • SECTION § 1.1062 - Examination.
  • SECTION § 1.1063 - Notification of refusal.
  • SECTION § 1.1064 - One independent and distinct design.
  • SECTION § 1.1065 - Corrections and other changes in the International Register.
  • SECTION § 1.1066 - Correspondence address for a nonprovisional international design application.
  • SECTION § 1.1067 - Title, description, and inventor's oath or declaration.
  • SECTION § 1.1068 - Statement of grant of protection.
  • SECTION § 1.1070 - Notification of Invalidation.
  • SECTION § 1.1071 - Grant of protection for an industrial design only upon issuance of a patent.