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1505 Allowance and Term of Design Patent - 1500 Design Patents

1505 Allowance and Term of Design Patent

35 U.S.C. 173 Term of design patent.

Patents for designs shall be granted for the term of fourteen years from the date of grant.

1509 Reissue of a Design Patent

See MPEP Chapter 1400 for practice and procedure in reissue applications.

For design reissue application fee, see 37 CFR 1.16(h). For fee for issuing a reissue design patent, see 37 CFR 1.18(b).

The term of a design patent may not be extended by reissue. Ex parte Lawrence, 70 USPQ 326 (Comm'r Pat. 1946).

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