37 CFR 1.1002 — The United States Patent and Trademark Office as an office of indirect filing
Ninth Edition, Revision 01.2024
- (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.
[Added,80 FR 17918, Apr. 2, 2015, effective May 13, 2015]
Cited by
- 102 Information as to Status of an Application
- 120 Secrecy Orders
- 140 Foreign Filing Licenses
- 37 CFR 1.14 Patent applications preserved in confidence
- 37 CFR 5.1 Applications and correspondence involving national security
- 37 CFR 5.11 License for filing in, or exporting to, a foreign country an application on an invention made in the United States or technical data relating thereto