What information is included in Form DM/1 for an international design application?

This page is an FAQ based on guidance from the Manual of Patent Examining Procedure. It is provided as guidance, with links to the ground truth sources. This is information only: it is not legal advice.

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.