---
kind: "section"
citation: "37 C.F.R. § 1.1012"
title: "37"
number: "1.1012"
heading: "Applicant's Contracting Party."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/37/1.1012"
---

# §1.1012. Applicant's Contracting Party.


In order to file an international design application through the United States Patent and Trademark Office as an office of indirect filing, the United States must be applicant's Contracting Party (Articles 4 and 1(xiv)).


## 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.