35 USC § 387 - Relief from prescribed time limits

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title: "35 USC § 387 - Relief from prescribed time limits"
title_number: 35
title_name: "PATENTS"
section_number: "387"
section_name: "Relief from prescribed time limits"
chapter_number: 38
chapter_name: "INTERNATIONAL DESIGN APPLICATIONS"
part_number: "V"
part_name: "THE HAGUE AGREEMENT CONCERNING INTERNATIONAL REGISTRATION OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGNS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2025-12-12"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 112–211, title I, § 101(a), Dec. 18, 2012, 126 Stat. 1530.)"
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# § 387. Relief from prescribed time limits

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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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 112–211, title I, § 101(a), Dec. 18, 2012, 126 Stat. 1530.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective on the later of the date that is 1 year after , 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 (), and applicable only to certain applications filed on and after that effective date and patents issuing thereon, see , set out as an Effective Date of 2012 Amendment note under .