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Chapter 1500
Section 1506-1508
1506-1508 [Reserved]
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1501-Statutes and Rules Applicable
1502-Definition of a Design
1502.01-Distinction Between Design and Utility Patents
1502.02-Design Patent Practitioner Bar
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 Electronic Images
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 - 1504.09-[Reserved]
1504.10-Priority Under 35 U.S.C. 119(a)-(d), 386(a) and (b)
1504.11-1504.19-[Reserved]
1504.20-Benefit Under 35 U.S.C. 120
1504.21-1504.29-[Reserved]
1504.30-Expedited Examination
1505-Term of Design Patent
1506-1508-[Reserved]
1509-Reissue of a Design Patent
1510-Reexamination
1511-Protest
1512-Relationship Between Design Patent, Copyright, and Trademark
1513-Miscellaneous
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