{"data":{"id":"us/37-cfr-1.1012","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"37 CFR 1.1012","heading":"Applicant's Contracting Party.","body":"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)).","path":["Title 37—Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights","CHAPTER I—UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE","SUBCHAPTER A—GENERAL","PART 1—RULES OF PRACTICE IN PATENT CASES","Subpart I—International Design Application"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-37.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:45Z","sha256":"042dde1e93f43f25eddb0a80c32e0922deb30cd0c22b3bb64a0db86ed6ea8c6b","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/37-cfr-1.1011","next":"us/37-cfr-1.1021"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}