37 CFR § 1.1001 - Definitions related to international design applications.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t37/s1.1001"
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title: "37 CFR § 1.1001 - Definitions related to international design applications."
title_number: 37
title_name: "Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights"
section_number: "1.1001"
section_name: "Definitions related to international design applications."
chapter_name: "UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL"
part_number: "1"
part_name: "RULES OF PRACTICE IN PATENT CASES"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "35 U.S.C. 2(b)(2), unless otherwise noted."
regulatory_source: "24 FR 10332, Dec. 22, 1959, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "1"
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# 1.1001 Definitions related to international design applications.
(a) *Article* as used in this subpart means an article of the Hague Agreement;
(b) *Regulations* as used in this subpart, when capitalized, means the “Common Regulations Under the 1999 Act and the 1960 Act of the Hague Agreement”;
(c) *Rule* as used in this subpart, when capitalized, means one of the Regulations;
(d) *Administrative Instructions* as used in this subpart means the Administrative Instructions referred to in Rule 34;
(e) *1960 Act* as used in this subpart means the Act signed at the Hague on November 28, 1960, of the Hague Agreement;
(f) Other terms and expressions in subpart I not defined in this section are as defined in Article 1, Rule 1, and 35 U.S.C. 381.