---
kind: "section"
citation: "37 C.F.R. § 1.154"
title: "37"
number: "1.154"
heading: "Arrangement of application elements in a design application."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/37/1.154"
---

# §1.154. Arrangement of application elements in a design application.

- (a) **The elements of the design application, if applicable, should appear in the following order—**
  - (1) **Design application transmittal form.**
  - (2) **Fee transmittal form.**
  - (3) Application data sheet (see [§ 1.76](/cfr/37/1.76.md)).
  - (4) **Specification.**
  - (5) **Drawings or photographs.**
  - (6) The inventor's oath or declaration (see [§ 1.153(b)](/cfr/37/1.153.md?p=b)).
- (b) **The specification should include the following sections in order—**
  - (1) Preamble, stating the name of the applicant, title of the design, and a brief description of the nature and intended use of the article in which the design is embodied.
  - (2) **Cross-reference to related applications (unless included in the application data sheet).**
  - (3) **Statement regarding federally sponsored research or development.**
  - (4) **Description of the figure or figures of the drawing.**
  - (5) **Feature description.**
  - (6) **A single claim.**
- (c) The text of the specification sections defined in [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section, if applicable, should be preceded by a section heading in uppercase letters without underlining or bold type.

## Notes

### Amendments

[65 FR 54674, Sept. 8, 2000, as amended at 77 FR 48821, Aug. 14, 2012]

### Authority

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

### Source

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

### Amendments

[65 FR 54674, Sept. 8, 2000, as amended at 77 FR 48821, Aug. 14, 2012]