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1503.03 MANUAL OP PATENT EXAMINING PROCEDURE<br />
required by 35 U.S.C. 112 because surface. shadiug cannot be used<br />
simultaneously to define the contours of those surfaces. However,<br />
a. surface may be. partially lined f<strong>or</strong> col<strong>or</strong> with a des,cription that<br />
the col<strong>or</strong> extends across the entire surface; 'this techIlique would<br />
allow f<strong>or</strong> the use of shading on the rest of the surface showing the<br />
contours of the design (37 CPR 1.152)..In the alteniative, a separate<br />
view, properly shaded to show the contours of the design but<br />
omitting the col<strong>or</strong>(s), may be submitted if identified as shown<br />
only f<strong>or</strong> clarity (If illustration.<br />
In any drawing lined f<strong>or</strong> col<strong>or</strong>, the following special description<br />
must be inserted in the specification (the specific col<strong>or</strong>s may<br />
be identified f<strong>or</strong> clarity);<br />
--<strong>The</strong> drawingis 'lined f<strong>or</strong> col<strong>or</strong>.--<br />
However, some :designs disclosed in inf<strong>or</strong>mal col<strong>or</strong> photographs/drawings<br />
cannot be depicted in black and white drawings<br />
lined f<strong>or</strong> col<strong>or</strong>. F<strong>or</strong> example, a design may includemultiple shades<br />
of a single col<strong>or</strong> which cannot be accm;ately represented by, the<br />
singlesymbol f<strong>or</strong> aspecific col<strong>or</strong>. Or, the col<strong>or</strong> maybe a shade<br />
other than a true primary <strong>or</strong> secondary col<strong>or</strong> as represented by the<br />
drafting symbols and lining-the drawing withone of the drafting<br />
symbols would not be an exact representation of the design as<br />
<strong>or</strong>iginally disclosed. In these situations, applicant. may file apetition<br />
to accept f<strong>or</strong>mal col<strong>or</strong> drawings <strong>or</strong> col<strong>or</strong> photographs, under<br />
37 CPR 1.84(a)(2).<br />
'If 15.05.05 Drawing C<strong>or</strong>rection Required Pri<strong>or</strong>/a Appeal<br />
Any appeal of the design claim must include the proposed c<strong>or</strong>rection<br />
of the drawings approved by the examiner in acc<strong>or</strong>dance<br />
with Ex parte Bevan, 142 USPQ 284 (Bd. App. 1964), and must<br />
follow the procedure set f<strong>or</strong>th in the PTO-1474 'attached to Paper<br />
No. [1].<br />
Examiner Note:<br />
This f<strong>or</strong>m paragraph can be used in a FINAL rejection where<br />
an outstanding requirement f<strong>or</strong> a drawing c<strong>or</strong>rection has not been<br />
satisfied.<br />
'If 15.07 Avoidance ofNew Matter<br />
When preparing new drawings in compliance with the requirement<br />
theref<strong>or</strong>, care must be exercised to avoid introduction of<br />
anything which could be construedto be new matter prohibited by<br />
35 U.S.c. 132 and 37 CFR 1.121.<br />
'If 15.45 Col<strong>or</strong> Photographs/Drawings As inf<strong>or</strong>mal<br />
Drawings<br />
F<strong>or</strong> filing date, purposes" in those design, patent,applications<br />
containing col<strong>or</strong>, photographs/drawings contrary-to the requirement<br />
f<strong>or</strong> ink drawings <strong>or</strong> black and white photographs, the Office<br />
of Initial <strong>Patent</strong> Examination has been auth<strong>or</strong>ized to construe -the<br />
col<strong>or</strong> photographs/drawings as inf<strong>or</strong>mal drawings rather than to<br />
hold the applications incomplete as filed. By so doing, the <strong>Patent</strong><br />
and Trademark Office can accept the applications without requiring<br />
applicants to file petitions to obtain the <strong>or</strong>iginal-deposit date as<br />
the filing date. However,col<strong>or</strong> photographs <strong>or</strong> col<strong>or</strong> drawings are<br />
not permitted in design applications in the absence of a grantable<br />
petition pursuant to 37 CPR 1.84(a)(2). Bef<strong>or</strong>e the col<strong>or</strong> photographs<br />
<strong>or</strong> col<strong>or</strong> drawings in this application can be treated as f<strong>or</strong>mal<br />
drawings, applicant must submit [1].<br />
August 2001 1500-10<br />
Examiner Note:<br />
In bracket 1, insert --a petition-s, --the fee-c. '--statement in the<br />
specification-s, -explanation of why col<strong>or</strong> disclosure is necessary--,<br />
andl<strong>or</strong> w:'" three full sets of col<strong>or</strong> photographs <strong>or</strong> col<strong>or</strong> drawings-c.<br />
1503.03 Design Claim<br />
<strong>The</strong> requirements f<strong>or</strong> utility claims specified in<br />
37 CPR 1.75 do nol apply to design Claims. Instead,<br />
the f<strong>or</strong>m and content of a design claim is set f<strong>or</strong>th in<br />
37 CFR 1.153:<br />
37CFR 1.153.... claim...<br />
(a) _... <strong>The</strong> claim shall be in f<strong>or</strong>mal terms to the <strong>or</strong>namental<br />
design f<strong>or</strong> the article (specifying name) as shown <strong>or</strong> as shown and<br />
described. M<strong>or</strong>e than one claim is neither required n<strong>or</strong> permitted.<br />
*****<br />
A design patent application may only include a single<br />
claim. <strong>The</strong> single claim should n<strong>or</strong>mally be in f<strong>or</strong>mal<br />
terms to "<strong>The</strong> <strong>or</strong>namental design f<strong>or</strong> (thearticle<br />
which embodies the design <strong>or</strong> to which it is applied)<br />
as' shown." <strong>The</strong> description of the article in the claim<br />
should be consistent in terminology with the title of<br />
the invention. See MPEP § 1503.01, subsection L<br />
When the specification includes a proper special<br />
description of the design (see MPEP § 1503.01, subsection<br />
II), <strong>or</strong> a proper showingof modified f<strong>or</strong>ms of<br />
the design <strong>or</strong> other descriptive matter has been<br />
included in the specification, the w<strong>or</strong>ds "and<br />
described" must be added to the claim following the<br />
term "shown"; i.e., the claim must read '<strong>The</strong> <strong>or</strong>namental<br />
design f<strong>or</strong> (the article which embodies the<br />
design <strong>or</strong> to which it is applied) as shown and<br />
described."<br />
<strong>The</strong> claimed design is shown by full lines in the<br />
drawing. It is not permissible to show any p<strong>or</strong>tion of<br />
the claimed design in broken lines. <strong>The</strong>re are no p<strong>or</strong>tions<br />
of the claimed design which are immaterial <strong>or</strong><br />
uuimp<strong>or</strong>tant, and elements shown in broken lines in<br />
the drawing are not part of the claim. See MPEP<br />
§ 1503.02, subsection III, and 1n re Blum, 374 F.2d<br />
904,153 USPQ 177 (CCPA 1967).<br />
'If 15.62 Amend Claim "/is Shown"<br />
F<strong>or</strong> proper f<strong>or</strong>m (37 CPR 1.153), the claim [1] amended to<br />
read: "[2] claim: <strong>The</strong> <strong>or</strong>narilerital design f<strong>or</strong> [3] as shown."<br />
'If 15.63 Amend Claim "As Shown and Described"<br />
F<strong>or</strong> proper f<strong>or</strong>m (37 CPR 1.153), the claim [1] amended to<br />
read: "[2] claim: <strong>The</strong> <strong>or</strong>namental design f<strong>or</strong> .[3] as shown and<br />
described."