Code of Federal Regulations > Title 37 > Chapter I > Part 1 > Subpart I - Subpart I—International Design Application

U.S. Code of Federal Regulations

Regulations most recently checked for updates: Aug 27, 2025

GENERAL INFORMATION

§ 1.1001 - Definitions related to international design applications.

§ 1.1002 - The United States Patent and Trademark Office as an office of indirect filing.

§ 1.1003 - The United States Patent and Trademark Office as a designated office.

§ 1.1004 - The International Bureau.

§ 1.1005 - Display of currently valid control number under the Paperwork Reduction Act.

WHO MAY FILE AN INTERNATIONAL DESIGN APPLICATION

§ 1.1011 - Applicant for international design application.

§ 1.1012 - Applicant's Contracting Party.

THE INTERNATIONAL DESIGN APPLICATION

§ 1.1021 - Contents of the international design application.

§ 1.1022 - Form and signature.

§ 1.1023 - Filing date of an international design application in the United States.

§ 1.1024 - The description.

§ 1.1025 - The claim.

§ 1.1026 - Reproductions.

§ 1.1027 - Specimens.

§ 1.1028 - Deferment of publication.

FEES

§ 1.1031 - International design application fees.

REPRESENTATION

§ 1.1041 - Representation in an international design application.

§ 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

§ 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

§ 1.1051 - Relief from prescribed time limits.

§ 1.1052 - Conversion to a design application under 35 U.S.C. chapter 16.

NATIONAL PROCESSING OF INTERNATIONAL DESIGN APPLICATIONS

§ 1.1061 - Rules applicable.

§ 1.1062 - Examination.

§ 1.1063 - Notification of refusal.

§ 1.1064 - One independent and distinct design.

§ 1.1065 - Corrections and other changes in the International Register.

§ 1.1066 - Correspondence address for a nonprovisional international design application.

§ 1.1067 - Title, description, and inventor's oath or declaration.

§ 1.1068 - Statement of grant of protection.

§ 1.1070 - Notification of Invalidation.

§ 1.1071 - Grant of protection for an industrial design only upon issuance of a patent.