Chapter 1500 — Design Patents
Ninth Edition, Revision 01.2024
Contents
- 1501 Statutes and Rules Applicable
- 1502 Definition of a Design
- 1503 Elements of a Design Patent Application Filed Under 35 U.S.C. chapter 16
- 1504 Examination
- 1504.01 Statutory Subject Matter for Designs
- 1504.02 Novelty
- 1504.03 Nonobviousness
- 1504.04 Considerations Under 35 U.S.C. 112
- 1504.05 Restriction
- 1504.06 Double Patenting
- 1504.07 - 1504.09 [Reserved]
- 1504.10 Priority Under 35 U.S.C. 119(a)-(d), 386(a) and (b)
- 1504.20 Benefit Under 35 U.S.C. 120
- 1504.30 Expedited Examination
- 1505 Term of Design Patent
- 1509 Reissue of a Design Patent
- 1510 Reexamination
- 1511 Protest
- 1512 Relationship Between Design Patent, Copyright, and Trademark
- 1513 Miscellaneous