---
kind: "section"
citation: "37 C.F.R. § 1.1002"
title: "37"
number: "1.1002"
heading: "The United States Patent and Trademark Office as an office of indirect filing."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/37/1.1002"
---

# §1.1002. The United States Patent and Trademark Office as an office of indirect filing.

- (a) The United States Patent and Trademark Office, as an office of indirect filing, shall accept international design applications where the applicant's Contracting Party is the United States.
- (b) The major functions of the United States Patent and Trademark Office as an office of indirect filing include:
  - (1) Receiving and according a receipt date to international design applications;
  - (2) Collecting and, when required, transmitting fees due for processing international design applications;
  - (3) Determining compliance with applicable requirements of [part 5](/cfr/37/part5.md) of this chapter; and
  - (4) Transmitting an international design application to the International Bureau, unless prescriptions concerning national security prevent the application from being transmitted.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 80 FR 17964, Apr. 2, 2015, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 35 U.S.C. 2(b)(2), unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 24 FR 10332, Dec. 22, 1959, unless otherwise noted.