Manual of Patent Examining Procedure - MPEP

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1500 Design Patents

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
-    -    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
-    -    1504.10 Priority Under 35 U.S.C. 119(a)-(d)
-    -    1504.20 Benefit Under 35 U.S.C. 120
-    -    1504.30 Expedited Examination
-    1505 Allowance and Term of Design Patent
-    1509 Reissue of a Design Patent
-    1510 Reexamination
-    1511 Protest
-    1512 Relationship Between Design Patent, Copyright, and Trademark
-    1513 Miscellaneous

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