Title 35, PatentsRelease 119-102
§385 Effect of International Design Application
Title 35 › PART V — THE HAGUE AGREEMENT CONCERNING INTERNATIONAL REGISTRATION OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGNS › CHAPTER 38 — INTERNATIONAL DESIGN APPLICATIONS › § 385
Summary
International design applications naming U.S. count as U.S. patent applications from section 384 date under chapter 16.
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Title 35, §385
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An international design application designating the United States shall have the effect, for all purposes, from its filing date determined in accordance with section 384, of an application for patent filed in the Patent and Trademark Office pursuant to chapter 16.
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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section effective on the later of the date that is 1 year after Dec. 18, 2012, or the date that the Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs enters into force with respect to the United States (May 13, 2015), and applicable only to certain applications filed on and after that
Effective Date
and patents issuing thereon, see section 103 of Pub. L. 112–211, set out as an
Effective Date
of 2012 Amendment note under section 100 of this title.
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Citation
35 U.S.C. § 385
Title 35, Patents
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102