United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register author aut Government Organization text government publication eng FR Regulatory Information 2015_register executive 2018-02-21 article Part IV Rules and Regulations D09002ee1c7f7c120 D09002ee1c7f7c1ff United States Department of Commerce originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency United States United States Patent and Trademark Office originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency Title I of the Patent Law Treaties Implementation Act of 2012 ("PLTIA") amends the United States patent laws to implement the provisions of the Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs, July 2, 1999, (hereinafter "Hague Agreement") and is to take effect on the entry into force of the Hague Agreement with respect to the United States. Under the Hague Agreement, qualified applicants may apply for design protection in the Contracting Parties to the Hague Agreement by filing a single, standardized international design application in a single language. The United States Patent and Trademark Office is revising the rules of practice to implement title I of the PLTIA. 80 FR 17918 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2015-04-02/2015-06397 2015-06397 fr02ap15-9 RIN 0651-AC87 3510-16-P Docket No.: PTO-P-2013-0025 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2015-04-02/2015-06397 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2015-04-02/html/2015-06397.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2015-04-02/pdf/2015-06397.pdf Administrative Practice and Procedure Inventions and Patents Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Small Businesses Lawyers Patents Trademarks Classified Information Foreign Relations 54 p. 17918 17971 80 FR 17918 Title 37 Part 11 37 CFR Part 11 Title 37 Part 1 37 CFR Part 1 Title 37 Part 3 37 CFR Part 3 Title 37 Part 41 37 CFR Part 41 Title 37 Part 5 37 CFR Part 5 RIN 0651-AC87 Changes To Implement the Hague Agreement Concerning International Registration of Industrial Designs; Federal Register Vol. 80, Issue RULE 2015-06397 IV DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE United States Patent and Trademark Office 2015-05-13 Docket No.: PTO-P-2013-0025 3510-16-P 2015-06397 Final rule.

Title I of the Patent Law Treaties Implementation Act of 2012 ("PLTIA") amends the United States patent laws to implement the provisions of the Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs, July 2, 1999, (hereinafter "Hague Agreement") and is to take effect on the entry into force of the Hague Agreement with respect to the United States. Under the Hague Agreement, qualified applicants may apply for design protection in the Contracting Parties to the Hague Agreement by filing a single, standardized international design application in a single language. The United States Patent and Trademark Office is revising the rules of practice to implement title I of the PLTIA.

Effective date: The changes in this final rule take effect on May 13, 2015. Boris Milef, Senior PCT Legal Examiner, International Patent Legal Administration, at (571) 272-3288 or David R. Gerk, Patent Attorney, Office of Policy and International Affairs, at (571) 272-9300. Administrative Practice and Procedure Inventions and Patents Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Small Businesses Lawyers Patents Trademarks Classified Information Foreign Relations International Registration of Industrial Designs; Hague Agreement Implementation , http://www.uspto.gov/aia_implementation/faqs_first_inventor.jsp http://www.uspto.gov/inventors/scam_prevention/index.jsp http://www.uspto.gov/patents/int_protect/index.jsp http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/budget/fy2015/assets/spec.pdf http://www.wipo.int/hague http://www.wipo.int/hague/en/forms/ http://www.wipo.int/hague/en/legal_texts/ http://www.wipo.int/pct/en/warning/pct_warning.html http://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/registration/hague/ www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain Vol. 80, no. 63 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2015-04-02 continuing daily deposited born digital 405 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2015-04-02 P0b002ee19884a012 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr02ap15 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2015-04-02 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2015-04-02/pdf/FR-2015-04-02.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2015-04-02/xml/FR-2015-04-02.xml fdlp 17683 18081 DGPO 2018-02-21 2024-06-02 FR-2015-04-02 machine generated eng FR FR-2015-04-02 80 63