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37 CFR 1.1001 — Rules of Practice in Patent Cases
Current through: 2024-07-01

Definitions related to international design applications.

§ 1.1001 Definitions related to international design applications. (a) Article as used in this subpart means an article of the Hague Agreement; (b) Regulations as used in this subpart, when capitalized, means the “Common Regulations Under the 1999 Act and the 1960 Act of the Hague Agreement”; (c) Rule as used in this subpart, when capitalized, means one of the Regulations; (d) Administrative Instructions as used in this subpart means the Administrative Instructions referred to in Rule 34; (e) 1960 Act as used in this subpart means the Act signed at the Hague on November 28, 1960, of the Hague Agreement; (f) Other terms and expressions in subpart I not defined in this section are as defined in Article 1, Rule 1, and 35 U.S.C. 381.
37 CFR 1.1002 — Rules of Practice in Patent Cases
Current through: 2024-07-01

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

§ 1.1002 The United States Patent and Trademark Office as an office of indirect filing. (a) The United States Patent and Trademark Office, as an office of indirect filing, shall accept international design applications where the applicant's Contracting Party is the United States. (b) The major functions of the United States Patent and Trademark Office as an office of indirect filing include: (1) Receiving and according a receipt date to international design applications; (2) Collecting and, when required, transmitting fees due for processing international design applications; (3) Determining compliance with applicable requirements of part 5 of this chapter; and (4) Transmitting an international design application to the International Bureau, unless prescriptions concerning national security prevent the application from being transmitted.
37 CFR 1.1003 — Rules of Practice in Patent Cases
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The United States Patent and Trademark Office as a designated office.

§ 1.1003 The United States Patent and Trademark Office as a designated office. (a) The United States Patent and Trademark Office will act as a designated office (“United States Designated Office”) for international design applications in which the United States has been designated as a Contracting Party in which protection is sought. (b) The major functions of the United States Designated Office include: (1) Accepting for national examination international design applications which satisfy the requirements of the Hague Agreement, the Regulations, and the regulations; (2) Performing an examination of the international design application in accordance with 35 U.S.C. chapter 16; and (3) Communicating the results of examination to the International Bureau.
37 CFR 1.1004 — Rules of Practice in Patent Cases
Current through: 2024-07-01

The International Bureau.

§ 1.1004 The International Bureau. (a) The International Bureau is the World Intellectual Property Organization located at Geneva, Switzerland. It is the international intergovernmental organization which acts as the coordinating body under the Hague Agreement and the Regulations. (b) The major functions of the International Bureau include: (1) Receiving international design applications directly from applicants and indirectly from an office of indirect filing; (2) Collecting required fees and crediting designation fees to the accounts of the Contracting Parties concerned; (3) Reviewing international design applications for compliance with prescribed formal requirements; (4) Translating international design applications into the required languages for recordation and publication; (5) Registering international designs in the International Register where the international design application complies with the applicable requirements; (6) Publishing international registrations in the International Designs Bulletin; and (7) Sending copies of the publication of the international registration to each designated office.
37 CFR 1.1005 — Rules of Practice in Patent Cases
Current through: 2024-07-01

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

§ 1.1005 Display of currently valid control number under the Paperwork Reduction Act. (a) Pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq. ), the collection of information in this subpart has been reviewed and approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 0651-0075. (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person is required to respond to nor shall a person be subject to a penalty for failure to comply with a collection of information subject to the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act unless that collection of information displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget control number. This section constitutes the display required by 44 U.S.C. 3512(a) and 5 CFR 1320.5(b)(2)(i) for the collection of information under Office of Management and Budget control number 0651-0075 ( see 5 CFR 1320.5(b)(2)(ii)(D)).
37 CFR 1.1011 — Rules of Practice in Patent Cases
Current through: 2024-07-01

Applicant for international design application.

§ 1.1011 Applicant for international design application. (a) Only persons who are nationals of the United States or who have a domicile, a habitual residence, or a real and effective industrial or commercial establishment in the territory of the United States may file international design applications through the United States Patent and Trademark Office. (b) Although the United States Patent and Trademark Office will accept international design applications filed by any person referred to in paragraph (a) of this section, an international design application designating the United States may be refused by the Office as a designated office if the applicant is not a person qualified under 35 U.S.C. chapter 11 to be an applicant.
37 CFR 1.1012 — Rules of Practice in Patent Cases
Current through: 2024-07-01

Applicant's Contracting Party.

§ 1.1012 Applicant's Contracting Party. In order to file an international design application through the United States Patent and Trademark Office as an office of indirect filing, the United States must be applicant's Contracting Party (Articles 4 and 1(xiv)).
37 CFR 1.1023 — Rules of Practice in Patent Cases
Current through: 2024-07-01

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

§ 1.1023 Filing date of an international design application in the United States. (a) Subject to paragraph (b) of this section, the filing date of an international design application in the United States is the date of international registration determined by the International Bureau under the Hague Agreement (35 U.S.C. 384 and 381(a)(5)). (b) Where the applicant believes the international design application is entitled under the Hague Agreement to a filing date in the United States other than the date of international registration, the applicant may petition the Director under this paragraph to accord the international design application a filing date in the United States other than the date of international registration. Such petition must be accompanied by the fee set forth in § 1.17(f) and include a showing to the satisfaction of the Director that the international design application is entitled to such filing date.
37 CFR 1.1024 — Rules of Practice in Patent Cases
Current through: 2024-07-01

The description.

§ 1.1024 The description. An international design application designating the United States must include a specification as prescribed by 35 U.S.C. 112 and preferably include a brief description of the reproduction pursuant to Rule 7(5)(a) describing the view or views of the reproductions.
37 CFR 1.1025 — Rules of Practice in Patent Cases
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The claim.

§ 1.1025 The claim. The specific wording of the claim in an international design application designating the United States shall be in formal terms to the ornamental design for the article (specifying name of article) as shown, or as shown and described. More than one claim is neither required nor permitted for purposes of the United States.
37 CFR 1.1027 — Rules of Practice in Patent Cases
Current through: 2024-07-01

Specimens.

§ 1.1027 Specimens. Where a request for deferment of publication has been filed in respect of a two-dimensional industrial design, the international design application may include specimens of the design in accordance with Rule 10 and Part Four of the Administrative Instructions. Specimens are not permitted in an international design application that designates the United States or any other Contracting Party which does not permit deferment of publication.
37 CFR 1.1031 — Rules of Practice in Patent Cases
Current through: 2024-07-01

International design application fees.

§ 1.1031 International design application fees. (a) International design applications filed through the Office as an office of indirect filing are subject to payment of a transmittal fee (35 U.S.C. 382(b) and Article 4(2)) in the amount of: Table 1 to Paragraph ( a ) By a micro entity (§ 1.29) $24.00 By a small entity (§ 1.27(a)) 48.00 By other than a small or micro entity 120.00 (b) The Schedule of Fees annexed to the Regulations (Rule 27(1)), a list of individual designation fee amounts, and a fee calculator may be viewed on the Web site of the World Intellectual Property Organization, currently available at http://www.wipo.int/hague. (c) The following fees required by the International Bureau may be paid either directly to the International Bureau or through the Office as an office of indirect filing in the amounts specified on the World Intellectual Property Organization Web site described in paragraph (b) of this section: (1) International application fees (Rule 12(1)); and (2) Fee for descriptions exceeding 100 words (Rule 11(2)). (d) The fees referred to in paragraph (c) of this section may be paid as follows: (1) Directly to the International Bureau in Swiss currency ( see Administrative Instruction 801); or (2) Through the Office as an office of indirect filing, provided such fees are paid no later than the date of payment of the transmittal fee required under paragraph (a) of this section. Any payment through the Office must be in U.S. dollars. Applicants paying the fees in paragraph (c) of this section through the Office may be subject to a requirement by the International Bureau to pay additional amounts where the conversion from U.S. dollars to Swiss currency results in the International Bureau receiving less than the prescribed amounts. (e) Payment of the fees referred to in Article 17 and Rule 24 for renewing an international registration (“renewal fees”) is not required to maintain a U.S. patent issuing on an international design application in force. Renewal fees, if required, must be submitted directly to the International Bureau. Any renewal fee submitted to the Office will not be transmitted to the International Bureau. (f) The designation fee for the United States shall consist of: (1) A first part established in Swiss currency pursuant to Hague Rule 28 based on the combined amounts of the basic filing fee (§ 1.16(b)), search fee (§ 1.16(l)), and examination fee (§ 1.16(p)) for a design application. The first part is payable at the time of filing the international design application; and (2) A second part (issue fee) as provided in § 1.18(b). The second part is payable within the period specified in a notice of allowance (§ 1.311). [80 FR 17964, Apr. 2, 2015, as amended at 82 FR 52816, Nov. 14, 2017; 88 FR 17158, Mar. 22, 2023]
37 CFR 1.1041 — Rules of Practice in Patent Cases
Current through: 2024-07-01

Representation in an international design application.

§ 1.1041 Representation in an international design application. (a) The applicant may appoint a representative before the International Bureau in accordance with Rule 3. (b) Applicants of international design applications may be represented before the Office as an office of indirect filing by a practitioner registered (§ 11.6) or granted limited recognition (§ 11.9(a) or (b)) to practice before the Office in patent matters. Such practitioner may act pursuant to § 1.34 or pursuant to appointment by the applicant. The appointment must be in writing signed by the applicant, must give the practitioner power to act on behalf of the applicant, and must specify the name and registration number or limited recognition number of each practitioner. An appointment of a representative made in the international design application pursuant to Rule 3(2) that complies with the requirements of this paragraph will be effective as an appointment before the Office as an office of indirect filing.
37 CFR 1.1042 — Rules of Practice in Patent Cases
Current through: 2024-07-01

Correspondence respecting international design applications filed with the Office as an office of indirect filing.

§ 1.1042 Correspondence respecting international design applications filed with the Office as an office of indirect filing. The applicant may specify a correspondence address for correspondence sent by the Office as an office of indirect filing. Where no such address has been specified, the Office will use as the correspondence address the address of applicant's appointed representative (§ 1.1041) or, where no representative is appointed, the address as specified in Administrative Instruction 302.
37 CFR 1.1045 — Rules of Practice in Patent Cases
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Procedures for transmittal of international design application to the International Bureau.

§ 1.1045 Procedures for transmittal of international design application to the International Bureau. (a) Subject to paragraph (b) of this section and payment of the transmittal fee set forth in § 1.1031(a), transmittal of the international design application to the International Bureau shall be made by the Office as provided by Rule 13(1). At the same time as it transmits the international design application to the International Bureau, the Office shall notify the International Bureau of the date on which it received the application. The Office shall also notify the applicant of the date on which it received the application and of the transmittal of the international design application to the International Bureau. (b) No copy of an international design application may be transmitted to the International Bureau, a foreign designated office, or other foreign authority by the Office or the applicant, unless the applicable requirements of part 5 of this chapter have been satisfied. (c) Once transmittal of the international design application has been effected under paragraph (a) of this section, except for matters properly before the United States Patent and Trademark Office as an office of indirect filing or as a designated office, all further correspondence concerning the application should be sent directly to the International Bureau. The United States Patent and Trademark Office will generally not forward communications to the International Bureau received after transmittal of the application to the International Bureau. Any reply to an invitation sent to the applicant by the International Bureau must be filed directly with the International Bureau, and not with the Office, to avoid abandonment or other loss of rights under Article 8.
37 CFR 1.1052 — Rules of Practice in Patent Cases
Current through: 2024-07-01

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

§ 1.1052 Conversion to a design application under 35 U.S.C. chapter 16. (a) An international design application designating the United States filed with the Office as an office of indirect filing and meeting the requirements under § 1.53(b) for a filing date for an application for a design patent may, on petition under this section, be converted to an application for a design patent under § 1.53(b) and accorded a filing date as provided therein. A petition under this section must be accompanied by the fee set forth in § 1.17(t) and be filed prior to publication of the international registration under Article 10(3). The conversion of an international design application to an application for a design patent under § 1.53(b) will not entitle applicant to a refund of the transmittal fee or any fee forwarded to the International Bureau, or the application of any such fee toward the filing fee, or any other fee, for the application for a design patent under § 1.53(b). The application for a design patent resulting from conversion of an international design application must also include the basic filing fee (§ 1.16(b)), the search fee (§ 1.16(l)), the examination fee (§ 1.16(p)), the inventor's oath or declaration (§ 1.63 or 1.64), and a surcharge if required by § 1.16(f). (b) An international design application will be converted to an application for a design patent under § 1.53(b) if a decision on petition under this section is granted prior to transmittal of the international design application to the International Bureau pursuant to § 1.1045. Otherwise, a decision granting a petition under this section will be effective to convert the international design application to an application for a design patent under § 1.53(b) only for purposes of the designation of the United States. (c) A petition under this section will not be granted in an abandoned international design application absent a grantable petition under § 1.1051. (d) An international design application converted under this section is subject to the regulations applicable to a design application filed under 35 U.S.C. chapter 16.
37 CFR 1.105 — Rules of Practice in Patent Cases
Current through: 2024-07-01

Requirements for information.

§ 1.105 Requirements for information. (a)(1) In the course of examining or treating a matter in a pending or abandoned application, in a patent, or in a reexamination proceeding, including a reexamination proceeding ordered as a result of a supplemental examination proceeding, the examiner or other Office employee may require the submission, from individuals identified under § 1.56(c), or any assignee, of such information as may be reasonably necessary to properly examine or treat the matter, for example: (i) Commercial databases: The existence of any particularly relevant commercial database known to any of the inventors that could be searched for a particular aspect of the invention. (ii) Search: Whether a search of the prior art was made, and if so, what was searched. (iii) Related information: A copy of any non-patent literature, published application, or patent (U.S. or foreign), by any of the inventors, that relates to the claimed invention. (iv) Information used to draft application: A copy of any non-patent literature, published application, or patent (U.S. or foreign) that was used to draft the application. (v) Information used in invention process: A copy of any non-patent literature, published application, or patent (U.S. or foreign) that was used in the invention process, such as by designing around or providing a solution to accomplish an invention result. (vi) Improvements: Where the claimed invention is an improvement, identification of what is being improved. (vii) In use: Identification of any use of the claimed invention known to any of the inventors at the time the application was filed notwithstanding the date of the use. (viii) Technical information known to applicant. Technical information known to applicant concerning the related art, the disclosure, the claimed subject matter, other factual information pertinent to patentability, or concerning the accuracy of the examiner's stated interpretation of such items. (2) Requirements for factual information known to applicant may be presented in any appropriate manner, for example: (i) A requirement for factual information; (ii) Interrogatories in the form of specific questions seeking applicant's factual knowledge; or (iii) Stipulations as to facts with which the applicant may agree or disagree. (3) Any reply to a requirement for information pursuant to this section that states either that the information required to be submitted is unknown to or is not readily available to the party or parties from which it was requested may be accepted as a complete reply. (b) The requirement for information of paragraph (a)(1) of this section may be included in an Office action, or sent separately. (c) A reply, or a failure to reply, to a requirement for information under this section will be governed by §§ 1.135 and 1.136. [65 FR 54671, Sept. 8, 2000, as amended at 69 FR 56542, Sept. 21, 2004; 72 FR 46841, Aug. 21, 2007; 74 FR 52690, Oct. 14, 2009; 77 FR 48821, Aug. 14, 2012; 80 FR 17963, Apr. 2, 2015]
37 CFR 1.1061 — Rules of Practice in Patent Cases
Current through: 2024-07-01

Rules applicable.

§ 1.1061 Rules applicable. (a) The rules relating to applications for patents for other inventions or discoveries are also applicable to international design applications designating the United States, except as otherwise provided in this chapter or required by the Articles or Regulations. (b) The provisions of § 1.74, § 1.84, except for § 1.84(c), and §§ 1.152 through 1.154 shall not apply to international design applications.
37 CFR 1.1062 — Rules of Practice in Patent Cases
Current through: 2024-07-01

Examination.

§ 1.1062 Examination. (a) Examination. The Office shall make an examination pursuant to title 35, United States Code, of an international design application designating the United States. (b) Timing. For each international design application to be examined under paragraph (a) of this section, the Office shall, subject to Rule 18(1)(c)(ii), send to the International Bureau within 12 months from the publication of the international registration under Rule 26(3) a notification of refusal (§ 1.1063) where it appears that the applicant is not entitled to a patent under the law with respect to any industrial design that is the subject of the international registration.
37 CFR 1.1063 — Rules of Practice in Patent Cases
Current through: 2024-07-01

Notification of refusal.

§ 1.1063 Notification of refusal. (a) A notification of refusal shall contain or indicate: (1) The number of the international registration; (2) The grounds on which the refusal is based; (3) A copy of a reproduction of the earlier industrial design and information concerning the earlier industrial design, where the grounds of refusal refer to similarity with an industrial design that is the subject of an earlier application or registration; (4) Where the refusal does not relate to all the industrial designs that are the subject of the international registration, those to which it relates or does not relate; and (5) A time period for reply under §§ 1.134 and 1.136, where a reply to the notification of refusal is required. (b) Any reply to the notification of refusal must be filed directly with the Office and not through the International Bureau. The requirements of § 1.111 shall apply to a reply to a notification of refusal.
37 CFR 1.1064 — Rules of Practice in Patent Cases
Current through: 2024-07-01

One independent and distinct design.

§ 1.1064 One independent and distinct design. (a) Only one independent and distinct design may be claimed in a nonprovisional international design application. (b) If the requirements under paragraph (a) of this section are not satisfied, the examiner shall in the notification of refusal or other Office action require the applicant in the reply to that action to elect one independent and distinct design for which prosecution on the merits shall be restricted. Such requirement will normally be made before any action on the merits but may be made at any time before the final action. Review of any such requirement is provided under §§ 1.143 and 1.144.