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§387 Relief From Prescribed Time Limits
Title 35 › Part V— THE HAGUE AGREEMENT CONCERNING INTERNATIONAL REGISTRATION OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGNS › Chapter 38— INTERNATIONAL DESIGN APPLICATIONS › § 387
Summary
The Director can excuse a missed deadline for the United States part of an international design application if the applicant shows the delay was unintentional. The Director may require conditions, including payment of the fee listed in section 41(a)(7).
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Title 35, §387
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An applicant’s failure to act within prescribed time limits in connection with requirements pertaining to an international design application may be excused as to the United States upon a showing satisfactory to the Director of unintentional delay and under such conditions, including a requirement for payment of the fee specified in section 41(a)(7), as may be prescribed by the Director.
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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. § 387
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Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60