MPEP 1500
Design Patents
This is the Ninth Edition of the MPEP, Revision 10.2019, Last Revised in June 2020
Chapter 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 Filed Under 35 U.S.C. chapter 16
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
1504.07: Reserved
1504.10: Priority Under 35 U.S.C. 119(a)-(d), 386(a) and (b)
1504.11: Reserved
1504.20: Benefit Under
1504.21: Reserved
1504.30: Expedited Examination
1505: Term of Design Patent
1506: Reserved
1509: Reissue of a Design Patent
1510: Reexamination
1511: Protest
1512: Relationship Between Design Patent, Copyright, and Trademark
1513: Miscellaneous