MPEP Section 1500, Design Patents
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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 [R-5]
1503.02 Drawing [R-5]
1504 Examination
1504.01 Statutory Subject Matter for Designs
1504.01(a) Computer-Generated Icons [R-5]
1504.01(b) Design Comprising Multiple Articles or Multiple Parts Embodied in a Single Article [R-5]
1504.01(c) Lack of Ornamentality [R-5]
1504.01(d) Simulation
1504.01(e) Offensive Subject Matter
1504.02 Novelty
1504.03 Nonobviousness [R-5]
1504.04 Considerations Under 35 U.S.C. 112 [R-5]
1504.05 Restriction [R-5]
1504.06 Double Patenting [R-5]
1504.10 Priority Under 35 U.S.C. 119(a)-(d) [R-5]
1504.20 Benefit Under 35 U.S.C. 120 [R-5]
1504.30 Expedited Examination [R-5]
1505 Allowance and Term of Design Patent
1509 Reissue of a Design Patent [R-5]
1510 Reexamination
1511 Protest
1512 Relationship Between Design Patent, Copyright, and Trademark
1513 Miscellaneous