---
kind: "section"
citation: "37 C.F.R. § 1.1062"
title: "37"
number: "1.1062"
heading: "Examination."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/37/1.1062"
---

# §1.1062. Examination.

- (a) **Examination.** The Office shall make an examination pursuant to [title 35](/cfr/35.md), United States Code, of an international design application designating the United States.
- (b) **Timing.** For each international design application to be examined under [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section, the Office shall, subject to [Rule 18(1)(c)(ii)](/cfr/37/18.md?p=1-c-ii), send to the International Bureau within 12 months from the publication of the international registration under [Rule 26(3)](/cfr/37/26.md?p=3) a notification of refusal ([§ 1.1063](/cfr/37/1.1063.md)) where it appears that the applicant is not entitled to a patent under the law with respect to any industrial design that is the subject of the international registration.

## 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.