---
kind: "section"
citation: "37 C.F.R. § 1.1011"
title: "37"
number: "1.1011"
heading: "Applicant for international design application."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/37/1.1011"
---

# §1.1011. Applicant for international design application.

- (a) Only persons who are nationals of the United States or who have a domicile, a habitual residence, or a real and effective industrial or commercial establishment in the territory of the United States may file international design applications through the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
- (b) Although the United States Patent and Trademark Office will accept international design applications filed by any person referred to in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section, an international design application designating the United States may be refused by the Office as a designated office if the applicant is not a person qualified under 35 U.S.C. chapter 11 to be an applicant.

## 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.