35 U.S.C. § 385
An international design application designating the United States shall have the effect, for all purposes, from its filing date determined in accordance with section 384, of an application for patent filed in the Patent and Trademark Office pursuant to chapter 16.
35 U.S.C. § 385
STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES
EFFECTIVE DATESection 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.
- United States
- The terms "United States" and "this country" mean the United States of America, its territories and possessions.