Term of Design Patent
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USPTO MPEP › Chapter 1500 - Design Patents › MPEP § 1505
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35 U.S.C. 173
Term of design patent.
Patents issued from design applications filed on or after May 13, 2015
shall be granted for the term of fifteen years from the date of grant.
On December 18, 2012, the Patent Law Treaties
Implementation Act of 2012 (PLTIA) was signed into law. The PLTIA among other things sets
forth provisions implementing the 1999 Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement Concerning the
International Registration of Industrial Designs (“Hague Agreement”). These provisions
(Title I of the PLTIA) took effect on May 13, 2015. As a result, U.S. design patents
resulting from applications filed on or after May 13, 2015
have a 15 year term
from the date of grant
. However, patents issued from design applications
filed before May 13, 2015 have a 14 year term from the date of grant.
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