{"data":{"id":"us/37-cfr-1.154","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"37 CFR 1.154","heading":"Arrangement of application elements in a design application.","body":"(a) The elements of the design application, if applicable, should appear in the following order:\n(1) Design application transmittal form.\n(2) Fee transmittal form.\n(3) Application data sheet (see § 1.76).\n(4) Specification.\n(5) Drawings or photographs.\n(6) The inventor's oath or declaration (see § 1.153(b)).\n(b) The specification should include the following sections in order:\n(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.\n(2) Cross-reference to related applications (unless included in the application data sheet).\n(3) Statement regarding federally sponsored research or development.\n(4) Description of the figure or figures of the drawing.\n(5) Feature description.\n(6) A single claim.\n(c) The text of the specification sections defined in paragraph (b) of this section, if applicable, should be preceded by a section heading in uppercase letters without underlining or bold type.","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 B—National Processing Provisions"],"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":"8c21ea3d1b3f104a36da7d659579d66b4f9ea4c8239d794b686f3166a66dc698","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/37-cfr-1.153","next":"us/37-cfr-1.155"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}