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1504.01(b) Design Comprising Multiple Articles or Multiple Parts Embodied in a Single Article - 1500 Design Patents
1504.01(b) Design Comprising Multiple Articles or Multiple Parts Embodied in a Single Article
While the claimed design must be embodied in an article of manufacture as required by 35 U.S.C. 171, it may encompass multiple articles or multiple parts within that article. Ex parte Gibson, 20 USPQ 249 (Bd. App. 1933). Multiple independent parts forming the claimed design may be disclosed in the drawing with or without the article being shown in broken lines. If the article is not disclosed in broken lines in the drawing, then the title must disclose the article in which the design is embodied and the association of the claimed parts must be shown by a bracket. In either case, the title must clearly define the articles or parts as a single entity, for example, set, pair, combination, unit, assembly, etc. See MPEP § 1503.01.
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