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Ingested titles 12–51 and 54 from OLRC USLM XML @119-100 (the whole Code now, uniform edition; Title 53 is reserved/empty). LegalText 11,221 -> 59,740; repo total 105,704 records. Deterministic (byte-identical rerun, verified on Title 42's 8,356 sections); make check green. make legal-us-code default now covers every title. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "LegalText"
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title: "35 U.S.C. § 385"
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description: "Effect of international design application"
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jurisdiction: "us"
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kind: "code_section"
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title_number: 35
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title_name: "PATENTS"
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chapter_number: "38"
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chapter_name: "INTERNATIONAL DESIGN APPLICATIONS"
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section: "385"
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citation: "35 U.S.C. § 385"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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source: "official"
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# 35 U.S.C. § 385 - Effect of international design application
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## Text
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An international design application designating the United States shall have the effect, for all purposes, from its filing date determined in accordance with section 384, of an application for patent filed in the Patent and Trademark Office pursuant to chapter 16.
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(Added Pub. L. 112–211, title I, § 101(a), Dec. 18, 2012, 126 Stat. 1529.)
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## Notes
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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
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Effective DateSection effective on the later of the date that is 1 year after Dec. 18, 2012, or the date that the Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs enters into force with respect to the United States (May 13, 2015), and applicable only to certain applications filed on and after that effective date and patents issuing thereon, see section 103 of Pub. L. 112–211, set out as an Effective Date of 2012 Amendment note under section 100 of this title.
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