37 CFR 1.1003
§ 1.1003 The United States Patent and Trademark Office as a designated office.
United States · 37 CFR — Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights · Status: effective
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- 37 CFR 1.1003, § 1.1003 The United States Patent and Trademark Office as a designated office, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/162160
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(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.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.