37 CFR Part 1
PART 1—RULES OF PRACTICE IN PATENT CASES
- PART 1—RULES OF PRACTICE IN PATENT CASES
- Chapter I—United States Patent and Trademark Office, Department of Commerce › Subchapter A—General
- Subpart A—General Provisions
- General Information and Correspondence
- § 1.1 Addresses for non-trademark correspondence with the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
- § 1.2 Business to be transacted in writing.
- § 1.3 Business to be conducted with decorum and courtesy.
- § 1.4 Nature of correspondence and signature requirements.
- § 1.5 Identification of patent, patent application, or patent-related proceeding.
- § 1.6 Receipt of correspondence.
- § 1.7 Times for taking action; Expiration on Saturday, Sunday or Federal holiday.
- § 1.8 Certificate of mailing or transmission.
- § 1.9 Definitions.
- § 1.10 Filing of correspondence by Priority Mail Express®.
- Records and Files of the Patent and Trademark Office
- § 1.11 Files open to the public.
- § 1.12 Assignment records open to public inspection.
- § 1.13 Copies and certified copies.
- § 1.14 Patent applications preserved in confidence.
- § 1.15 [Reserved]
- Fees and Payment of Money
- § 1.16 National application filing, search, and examination fees.
- § 1.17 Patent application and reexamination processing fees.
- § 1.18 Patent post allowance (including issue) fees.
- § 1.19 Document supply fees.
- § 1.20 Post-issuance fees.
- § 1.21 Miscellaneous fees and charges.
- § 1.22 Fees payable in advance.
- § 1.23 Methods of payment.
- § 1.24 [Reserved]
- § 1.25 Deposit accounts.
- § 1.26 Refunds.
- § 1.27 Definition of small entities and establishing status as a small entity to permit payment of small entity fees; when a determination of entitlement to small entity status and notification of loss of entitlement to small entity status are required; fraud on the Office.
- § 1.28 Refunds when small entity status is later established; how errors in small entity status are excused.
- § 1.29 Micro entity status.
- Subpart B—National Processing Provisions
- Prosecution of Application and Appointment of Attorney or Agent
- § 1.31 Applicant and patent owner may be represented by one or more patent practitioners or joint inventors.
- § 1.32 Power of attorney.
- § 1.33 Correspondence respecting patent applications, patent reexamination proceedings, and other proceedings.
- § 1.34 Acting in a representative capacity.
- § 1.36 Revocation of power of attorney; withdrawal of patent attorney or agent.
- Who May Apply for a Patent
- § 1.41 Inventorship.
- § 1.42 Applicant for patent.
- § 1.43 Application for patent by a legal representative of a deceased or legally incapacitated inventor.
- § 1.44 [Reserved]
- § 1.45 Application for patent by joint inventors.
- § 1.46 Application for patent by an assignee, obligated assignee, or a person who otherwise shows sufficient proprietary interest in the matter.
- § 1.47 [Reserved]
- § 1.48 Correction of inventorship pursuant to 35 U.S.C. 116 or correction of the name or order of names in a patent application, other than a reissue application.
- The Application
- § 1.51 General requisites of an application.
- § 1.52 Language, paper, writing, margins, read-only optical disc specifications.
- § 1.53 Application number, filing date, and completion of application.
- § 1.54 Parts of application to be filed together; filing receipt.
- § 1.55 Claim for foreign priority.
- § 1.56 Duty to disclose information material to patentability.
- § 1.57 Incorporation by reference.
- § 1.58 Chemical and mathematical formulae and tables.
- § 1.59 Expungement of information or copy of papers in application file.
- §§ 1.60-1.62 [Reserved]
- Oath or Declaration
- § 1.63 Inventor's oath or declaration.
- § 1.64 Substitute statement in lieu of an oath or declaration.
- § 1.66 Statements under oath.
- § 1.67 Supplemental oath or declaration.
- § 1.68 Declaration in lieu of oath.
- § 1.69 Foreign language oaths and declarations.
- § 1.70 [Reserved]
- Specification
- § 1.71 Detailed description and specification of the invention.
- § 1.72 Title and abstract.
- § 1.73 Summary of the invention.
- § 1.74 Reference to drawings.
- § 1.75 Claim(s).
- § 1.76 Application data sheet.
- § 1.77 Arrangement of application elements.
- § 1.78 Claiming benefit of earlier filing date and cross-references to other applications.
- § 1.79 [Reserved]
- The Drawings
- § 1.81 Drawings required in patent application.
- § 1.83 Content of drawing.
- § 1.84 Standards for drawings.
- § 1.85 Corrections to drawings.
- § 1.88 [Reserved]
- Models, Exhibits, Specimens
- § 1.91 Models or exhibits not generally admitted as part of application or patent.
- § 1.92 [Reserved]
- § 1.93 Specimens.
- § 1.94 Return of models, exhibits or specimens.
- § 1.95 Copies of exhibits.
- § 1.96 Submission of computer program listings.
- Information Disclosure Statement
- § 1.97 Filing of information disclosure statement.
- § 1.98 Content of information disclosure statement.
- § 1.99 [Reserved]
- Examination of Applications
- § 1.101 [Reserved]
- § 1.102 Advancement of examination.
- § 1.103 Suspension of action by the Office.
- § 1.104 Nature of examination.
- § 1.105 Requirements for information.
- §§ 1.106-1.108 [Reserved]
- § 1.109 Effective filing date of a claimed invention under the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act.
- § 1.110 Inventorship and ownership of the subject matter of individual claims.
- Action by Applicant and Further Consideration
- § 1.111 Reply by applicant or patent owner to a non-final Office action.
- § 1.112 Reconsideration before final action.
- § 1.113 Final rejection or action.
- § 1.114 Request for continued examination.
- Amendments
- § 1.115 Preliminary amendments.
- § 1.116 Amendments and affidavits or other evidence after final action and prior to appeal.
- §§ 1.117-1.119 [Reserved]
- § 1.121 Manner of making amendments in applications.
- §§ 1.122-1.124 [Reserved]
- § 1.125 Substitute specification.
- § 1.126 Numbering of claims.
- § 1.127 [Reserved]
- Transitional Provisions
- § 1.129 Transitional procedures for limited examination after final rejection and restriction practice.
- Affidavits Overcoming Rejections
- § 1.130 Affidavit or declaration of attribution or prior public disclosure under the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act.
- § 1.131 Affidavit or declaration of prior invention or to disqualify commonly owned patent or published application as prior art.
- § 1.132 Affidavits or declarations traversing rejections or objections.
- Interviews
- § 1.133 Interviews.
- Time for Reply by Applicant; Abandonment of Application
- § 1.134 Time period for reply to an Office action.
- § 1.135 Abandonment for failure to reply within time period.
- § 1.136 Extensions of time.
- § 1.137 Revival of abandoned application, or terminated or limited reexamination prosecution.
- § 1.138 Express abandonment.
- § 1.139 [Reserved]
- Joinder of Inventions in One Application; Restriction
- § 1.141 Different inventions in one national application.
- § 1.142 Requirement for restriction.
- § 1.143 Reconsideration of requirement.
- § 1.144 Petition from requirement for restriction.
- § 1.145 Subsequent presentation of claims for different invention.
- § 1.146 Election of species.
- Design Patents
- § 1.151 Rules applicable.
- § 1.152 Design drawings.
- § 1.153 Title, description and claim, oath or declaration.
- § 1.154 Arrangement of application elements in a design application.
- § 1.155 [Reserved]
- Plant Patents
- § 1.161 Rules applicable.
- § 1.162 Applicant, oath or declaration.
- § 1.163 Specification and arrangement of application elements in a plant application.
- § 1.164 Claim.
- § 1.165 Plant drawings.
- § 1.166 Specimens.
- § 1.167 Examination.
- Reissues
- § 1.171 Application for reissue.
- § 1.172 Reissue applicant.
- § 1.173 Reissue specification, drawings, and amendments.
- § 1.174 [Reserved]
- § 1.175 Inventor's oath or declaration for a reissue application.
- § 1.176 Examination of reissue.
- § 1.177 Issuance of multiple reissue patents.
- § 1.178 Original patent; continuing duty of applicant.
- § 1.179 [Reserved]
- Petitions and Action by the Director
- § 1.181 Petition to the Director.
- § 1.182 Questions not specifically provided for.
- § 1.183 Suspension of rules.
- § 1.184 [Reserved]
- Appeal to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board
- § 1.191 Appeal to Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
- §§ 1.192-1.196 [Reserved]
- § 1.197 Termination of proceedings.
- § 1.198 Reopening after a final decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
- Publication of Applications
- § 1.211 Publication of applications.
- § 1.213 Nonpublication request.
- § 1.215 Patent application publication.
- § 1.217 Publication of a redacted copy of an application.
- § 1.219 Early publication.
- § 1.221 Voluntary publication or republication of patent application publication.
- Miscellaneous Provisions
- § 1.248 Service of papers; manner of service; proof of service in cases other than interferences and trials.
- § 1.251 Unlocatable file.
- Preissuance Submissions and Protests by Third Parties
- § 1.290 Submissions by third parties in applications.
- § 1.291 Protests by the public against pending applications.
- §§ 1.292-1.297 [Reserved]
- Review of Patent and Trademark Office Decisions by Court
- §§ 1.301-1.304 [Reserved]
- Allowance and Issue of Patent
- § 1.311 Notice of allowance.
- § 1.312 Amendments after allowance.
- § 1.313 Withdrawal from issue.
- § 1.314 Issuance of patent.
- § 1.315 [Reserved]
- § 1.316 Application abandoned for failure to pay issue fee.
- §§ 1.317-1.318 [Reserved]
- Disclaimer
- § 1.321 Statutory disclaimers, including terminal disclaimers.
- Correction of Errors in Patent
- § 1.322 Certificate of correction of Office mistake.
- § 1.323 Certificate of correction of applicant's mistake.
- § 1.324 Correction of inventorship in patent, pursuant to 35 U.S.C. 256.
- § 1.325 Other mistakes not corrected.
- Arbitration Awards
- §§ 1.331-1.334 [Reserved]
- § 1.335 Filing of notice of arbitration awards.
- §§ 1.351-1.352 [Reserved]
- Maintenance Fees
- § 1.362 Time for payment of maintenance fees.
- § 1.363 Fee address for maintenance fee purposes.
- § 1.366 Submission of maintenance fees.
- § 1.377 Review of decision refusing to accept and record payment of a maintenance fee filed prior to expiration of patent.
- § 1.378 Acceptance of delayed payment of maintenance fee in expired patent to reinstate patent.
- Subpart C—International Processing Provisions
- General Information
- § 1.401 Definitions of terms under the Patent Cooperation Treaty.
- § 1.412 The United States Receiving Office.
- § 1.413 The United States International Searching Authority.
- § 1.414 The United States Patent and Trademark Office as a Designated Office or Elected Office.
- § 1.415 The International Bureau.
- § 1.416 The United States International Preliminary Examining Authority.
- § 1.417 Submission of translation of international publication.
- § 1.419 Display of currently valid control number under the Paperwork Reduction Act.
- Who May File an International Application
- § 1.421 Applicant for international application.
- § 1.422 Legal representative as applicant in an international application.
- § 1.423 [Reserved]
- § 1.424 Assignee, obligated assignee, or person having sufficient proprietary interest as applicant in an international application.
- The International Application
- § 1.431 International application requirements.
- § 1.432 Designation of States by filing an international application.
- § 1.433 Physical requirements of international application.
- § 1.434 The request.
- § 1.435 The description.
- § 1.436 The claims.
- § 1.437 The drawings.
- § 1.438 The abstract.
- Fees
- § 1.445 International application filing, processing and search fees.
- § 1.446 Refund of international application filing and processing fees.
- Priority
- § 1.451 The priority claim and priority document in an international application.
- § 1.452 Restoration of right of priority.
- § 1.453 Transmittal of documents relating to earlier search or classification.
- Representation
- § 1.455 Representation in international applications.
- Transmittal of Record Copy
- § 1.461 Procedures for transmittal of record copy to the International Bureau.
- Timing
- § 1.465 Timing of application processing based on the priority date.
- § 1.468 Delays in meeting time limits.
- Amendments
- § 1.471 Corrections and amendments during international processing.
- § 1.472 Changes in person, name, or address of applicants and inventors.
- Unity of Invention
- § 1.475 Unity of invention before the International Searching Authority, the International Preliminary Examining Authority and during the national stage.
- § 1.476 Determination of unity of invention before the International Searching Authority.
- § 1.477 Protest to lack of unity of invention before the International Searching Authority.
- International Preliminary Examination
- § 1.480 Demand for international preliminary examination.
- § 1.481 Payment of international preliminary examination fees.
- § 1.482 International preliminary examination and processing fees.
- § 1.484 Conduct of international preliminary examination.
- § 1.485 Amendments by applicant during international preliminary examination.
- § 1.488 Determination of unity of invention before the International Preliminary Examining Authority.
- § 1.489 Protest to lack of unity of invention before the International Preliminary Examining Authority.
- National Stage
- § 1.491 National stage commencement, entry, and fulfillment.
- § 1.492 National stage fees.
- § 1.495 Entering the national stage in the United States of America.
- § 1.496 Examination of international applications in the national stage.
- § 1.497 Inventor's oath or declaration under 35 U.S.C. 371(c)(4).
- § 1.499 Unity of invention during the national stage.
- Subpart D—Ex Parte Reexamination of Patents
- Citation of Prior Art and Written Statements
- § 1.501 Citation of prior art and written statements in patent files.
- § 1.502 Processing of prior art citations during an ex parte reexamination proceeding.
- Request for Ex Parte Reexamination
- § 1.510 Request for ex parte reexamination.
- § 1.515 Determination of the request for ex parte reexamination.
- § 1.520 Ex parte reexamination at the initiative of the Director.
- Ex Parte Reexamination
- § 1.525 Order for ex parte reexamination.
- § 1.530 Statement by patent owner in ex parte reexamination; amendment by patent owner in ex parte or inter partes reexamination; inventorship change in ex parte or inter partes reexamination.
- § 1.535 Reply by third party requester in ex parte reexamination.
- § 1.540 Consideration of responses in ex parte reexamination.
- § 1.550 Conduct of ex parte reexamination proceedings.
- § 1.552 Scope of reexamination in ex parte reexamination proceedings.
- § 1.555 Information material to patentability in ex parte reexamination and inter partes reexamination proceedings.
- § 1.560 Interviews in ex parte reexamination proceedings.
- § 1.565 Concurrent office proceedings which include an ex parte reexamination proceeding.
- Ex Parte Reexamination Certificate
- § 1.570 Issuance and publication of ex parte reexamination certificate concludes ex parte reexamination proceeding.
- Subpart E—Supplemental Examination of Patents
- § 1.601 Filing of papers in supplemental examination.
- § 1.605 Items of information.
- § 1.610 Content of request for supplemental examination.
- § 1.615 Format of papers filed in a supplemental examination proceeding.
- § 1.620 Conduct of supplemental examination proceeding.
- § 1.625 Conclusion of supplemental examination; publication of supplemental examination certificate; procedure after conclusion.
- Subpart F—Adjustment and Extension of Patent Term
- Adjustment of Patent Term Due to Examination Delay
- § 1.701 Extension of patent term due to examination delay under the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (original applications, other than designs, filed on or after June 8, 1995, and before May 29, 2000).
- § 1.702 Grounds for adjustment of patent term due to examination delay under the Patent Term Guarantee Act of 1999 (original applications, other than designs, filed on or after May 29, 2000).
- § 1.703 Period of adjustment of patent term due to examination delay.
- § 1.704 Reduction of period of adjustment of patent term.
- § 1.705 Patent term adjustment determination.
- Extension of Patent Term Due to Regulatory Review
- § 1.710 Patents subject to extension of the patent term.
- § 1.720 Conditions for extension of patent term.
- § 1.730 Applicant for extension of patent term; signature requirements.
- § 1.740 Formal requirements for application for extension of patent term; correction of informalities.
- § 1.741 Complete application given a filing date; petition procedure.
- § 1.750 Determination of eligibility for extension of patent term.
- § 1.760 Interim extension of patent term under 35 U.S.C. 156(e)(2).
- § 1.765 Duty of disclosure in patent term extension proceedings.
- § 1.770 Express withdrawal of application for extension of patent term.
- § 1.775 Calculation of patent term extension for a human drug, antibiotic drug or human biological product.
- § 1.776 Calculation of patent term extension for a food additive or color additive.
- § 1.777 Calculation of patent term extension for a medical device.
- § 1.778 Calculation of patent term extension for an animal drug product.
- § 1.779 Calculation of patent term extension for a veterinary biological product.
- § 1.780 Certificate or order of extension of patent term.
- § 1.785 Multiple applications for extension of term of the same patent or of different patents for the same regulatory review period for a product.
- § 1.790 Interim extension of patent term under 35 U.S.C. 156(d)(5).
- § 1.791 Termination of interim extension granted prior to regulatory approval of a product for commercial marketing or use.
- Subpart G—Biotechnology Invention Disclosures
- Deposit of Biological Material
- § 1.801 Biological material.
- § 1.802 Need or opportunity to make a deposit.
- § 1.803 Acceptable depository.
- § 1.804 Time of making an original deposit.
- § 1.805 Replacement or supplement of deposit.
- § 1.806 Term of deposit.
- § 1.807 Viability of deposit.
- § 1.808 Furnishing of samples.
- § 1.809 Examination procedures.
- Application Disclosures Containing Nucleotide and/or Amino Acid Sequences
- § 1.821 Nucleotide and/or amino acid sequence disclosures in patent applications.
- § 1.822 Symbols and format to be used for nucleotide and/or amino acid sequence data.
- § 1.823 Requirements for content of a “Sequence Listing” part of the specification.
- § 1.824 Form and format for a nucleotide and/or amino acid sequence submission as an ASCII plain text file.
- § 1.825 Amendment to add or replace a “Sequence Listing” and CRF copy thereof.
- § 1.831 Requirements for patent applications filed on or after July 1, 2022, having nucleotide and/or amino acid sequence disclosures.
- § 1.832 Representation of nucleotide and/or amino acid sequence data in the “Sequence Listing XML” part of a patent application filed on or after July 1, 2022.
- § 1.833 Requirements for a “Sequence Listing XML” for nucleotide and/or amino acid sequences as part of a patent application filed on or after July 1, 2022.
- § 1.834 Form and format for nucleotide and/or amino acid sequence submissions as the “Sequence Listing XML” in patent applications filed on or after July 1, 2022.
- § 1.835 Amendment to add or replace a “Sequence Listing XML” in patent applications filed on or after July 1, 2022.
- § 1.839 Incorporation by reference.
- Appendix A to Subpart G of Part 1—List of Nucleotides
- Appendix B to Subpart G of Part 1—List of Modified Nucleotides
- Appendix C to Subpart G of Part 1—List of Amino Acids
- Appendix D to Subpart G of Part 1—List of Modified and Unusual Amino Acids
- Appendix E to Subpart G of Part 1—List of Feature Keys Related to Nucleotide Sequences
- Appendix F to Subpart G of Part 1—List of Feature Keys Related to Protein Sequences
- Appendix G to Subpart G of Part 1—Numeric Identifiers
- Subpart H—Inter Partes Reexamination of Patents That Issued From an Original Application Filed in the United States on or After November 29, 1999
- Prior Art Citations
- § 1.902 Processing of prior art citations during an inter partes reexamination proceeding.
- Requirements for Inter Partes Reexamination Proceedings
- § 1.903 Service of papers on parties in inter partes reexamination.
- § 1.904 Notice of inter partes reexamination in Official Gazette.
- § 1.905 Submission of papers by the public in inter partes reexamination.
- § 1.906 Scope of reexamination in inter partes reexamination proceeding.
- § 1.907 Inter partes reexamination prohibited.
- § 1.913 Persons eligible to file, and time for filing, a request for inter partes reexamination.
- § 1.915 Content of request for inter partes reexamination.
- § 1.919 Filing date of request for inter partes reexamination.
- § 1.923 Examiner's determination on the request for inter partes reexamination.
- § 1.925 Partial refund if request for inter partes reexamination is not ordered.
- § 1.927 Petition to review refusal to order inter partes reexamination.
- Inter Partes Reexamination of Patents
- § 1.931 Order for inter partes reexamination.
- Information Disclosure in Inter Partes Reexamination
- § 1.933 Patent owner duty of disclosure in inter partes reexamination proceedings.
- Office Actions and Responses (Before the Examiner) in Inter Partes Reexamination
- § 1.935 Initial Office action usually accompanies order for inter partes reexamination.
- § 1.937 Conduct of inter partes reexamination.
- § 1.939 Unauthorized papers in inter partes reexamination.
- § 1.941 Amendments by patent owner in inter partes reexamination.
- § 1.943 Requirements of responses, written comments, and briefs in inter partes reexamination.
- § 1.945 Response to Office action by patent owner in inter partes reexamination.
- § 1.947 Comments by third party requester to patent owner's response in inter partes reexamination.
- § 1.948 Limitations on submission of prior art by third party requester following the order for inter partes reexamination.
- § 1.949 Examiner's Office action closing prosecution in inter partes reexamination.
- § 1.951 Options after Office action closing prosecution in inter partes reexamination.
- § 1.953 Examiner's Right of Appeal Notice in inter partes reexamination.
- Interviews Prohibited in Inter Partes Reexamination
- § 1.955 Interviews prohibited in inter partes reexamination proceedings.
- Extensions of Time, Terminating of Reexamination Prosecution, and Petitions To Revive in Inter Partes Reexamination
- § 1.956 Patent owner extensions of time in inter partes reexamination.
- § 1.957 Failure to file a timely, appropriate or complete response or comment in inter partes reexamination.
- § 1.958 Petition to revive inter partes reexamination prosecution terminated for lack of patent owner response.
- Appeal to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board in Inter Partes Reexamination
- § 1.959 Appeal in inter partes reexamination.
- §§ 1.961-1.977 [Reserved]
- § 1.979 Return of Jurisdiction from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board; termination of appeal proceedings.
- § 1.981 Reopening after a final decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
- Appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Inter Partes Reexamination
- § 1.983 Appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in inter partes reexamination.
- Concurrent Proceedings Involving Same Patent in Inter Partes Reexamination
- § 1.985 Notification of prior or concurrent proceedings in inter partes reexamination.
- § 1.987 Suspension of inter partes reexamination proceeding due to litigation.
- § 1.989 Merger of concurrent reexamination proceedings.
- § 1.991 Merger of concurrent reissue application and inter partes reexamination proceeding.
- § 1.993 Suspension of concurrent interference and inter partes reexamination proceeding.
- § 1.995 Third party requester's participation rights preserved in merged proceeding.
- Reexamination Certificate in Inter Partes Reexamination
- § 1.997 Issuance and publication of inter partes reexamination certificate concludes inter partes reexamination proceeding.
- Subpart I—International Design Application
- General Information
- § 1.1001 Definitions related to international design applications.
- § 1.1002 The United States Patent and Trademark Office as an office of indirect filing.
- § 1.1003 The United States Patent and Trademark Office as a designated office.
- § 1.1004 The International Bureau.
- § 1.1005 Display of currently valid control number under the Paperwork Reduction Act.
- Who May File an International Design Application
- § 1.1011 Applicant for international design application.
- § 1.1012 Applicant's Contracting Party.
- The International Design Application
- § 1.1021 Contents of the international design application.
- § 1.1022 Form and signature.
- § 1.1023 Filing date of an international design application in the United States.
- § 1.1024 The description.
- § 1.1025 The claim.
- § 1.1026 Reproductions.
- § 1.1027 Specimens.
- § 1.1028 Deferment of publication.
- Fees
- § 1.1031 International design application fees.
- Representation
- § 1.1041 Representation in an international design application.
- § 1.1042 Correspondence respecting international design applications filed with the Office as an office of indirect filing.
- Transmittal of International Design Application to the International Bureau
- § 1.1045 Procedures for transmittal of international design application to the International Bureau.
- Relief From Prescribed Time Limits; Conversion to a Design Application Under 35 U.S.C. Chapter 16
- § 1.1051 Relief from prescribed time limits.
- § 1.1052 Conversion to a design application under 35 U.S.C. chapter 16.
- National Processing of International Design Applications
- § 1.1061 Rules applicable.
- § 1.1062 Examination.
- § 1.1063 Notification of refusal.
- § 1.1064 One independent and distinct design.
- § 1.1065 Corrections and other changes in the International Register.
- § 1.1066 Correspondence address for a nonprovisional international design application.
- § 1.1067 Title, description, and inventor's oath or declaration.
- § 1.1068 Statement of grant of protection.
- § 1.1070 Notification of Invalidation.
- § 1.1071 Grant of protection for an industrial design only upon issuance of a patent.
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