37 CFR § 1.1068 - Statement of grant of protection.

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title: "37 CFR § 1.1068 - Statement of grant of protection."
title_number: 37
title_name: "Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights"
section_number: "1.1068"
section_name: "Statement of grant of protection."
chapter_name: "UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE"
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part_name: "RULES OF PRACTICE IN PATENT CASES"
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authority: "35 U.S.C. 2(b)(2), unless otherwise noted."
regulatory_source: "24 FR 10332, Dec. 22, 1959, unless otherwise noted."
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# 1.1068 Statement of grant of protection.

Upon issuance of a patent on an international design application designating the United States, the Office may send to the International Bureau a statement to the effect that protection is granted in the United States to those industrial design or designs that are the subject of the international registration and covered by the patent.