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1500 Design Patents
1500 Design Patents
1501 Statutes and Rules Applicable
1502 Definition of a Design
1502.01 Distinction Between Design and Utility Patents
1503 Elements of a Design Patent Application
1503.01 Specification
1503.02 Drawing
1504 Examination
1504.01 Statutory Subject Matter for Designs
1504.01(a) Computer-Generated Icons
1504.01(b) Design Comprising Multiple Articles or Multiple Parts Embodied in a Single Article
1504.01(c) Lack of Ornamentality
1504.01(d) Simulation
1504.01(e) Offensive Subject Matter
1504.02 Novelty
1504.03 Nonobviousness
1504.04 Considerations Under 35 U.S.C. 112
1504.05 Restriction
1504.06 Double Patenting
1504.10 Priority Under 35 U.S.C. 119(a)-(d)
1504.20 Benefit Under 35 U.S.C. 120
1504.30 Expedited Examination
1505 Allowance and Term of Design Patent
1509 Reissue of a Design Patent
1510 Reexamination
1511 Protest
1512 Relationship Between Design Patent, Copyright, and Trademark
1513 Miscellaneous
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