Title 35, PatentsRelease 119-102
§390 Publication of International Design Application
Title 35 › PART V — THE HAGUE AGREEMENT CONCERNING INTERNATIONAL REGISTRATION OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGNS › CHAPTER 38 — INTERNATIONAL DESIGN APPLICATIONS › § 390
Summary
If an international design application that names the United States is published under the treaty, the U.S. will treat that publication as a publication under section 122(b).
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Title 35, §390
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The publication under the treaty of an international design application designating the United States shall be deemed a publication under section 122(b).
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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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35 U.S.C. § 390
Title 35, Patents
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102