What information is included in Form DM/1 for an international design application?
Form DM/1 for an international design application includes specific spaces for a wide range of information. According to MPEP 2909.01, the form includes spaces for:
- Information concerning the applicant
- Applicant’s entitlement to file an international design application
- Applicant’s contracting party
- Correspondence address for multiple applicants
- Appointment of a representative
- Number of industrial designs and reproductions
- Designated Contracting Parties
- Applicable product and Locarno classification
- Description and description of reproductions
- Identity of the creator
- Claim and priority claim
- International exhibition information
- Exception to lack of novelty
- Relation with a principle design
- Publication request (immediate or deferred)
- Reduction of individual designation fee
- Signature of the applicant or representative
The form also includes a “Payment of Fees” section for identifying the payment method and instructing the International Bureau on fee deduction from a current account.
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Topics:
MPEP 2900 - International Design Applications,
MPEP 2909.01 - Official Form For The Application For International Registration,
Patent Law,
Patent Procedure