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D a t a C a p t u r e B u l l e t i n

Number 2019-15 July 3, 2019

TWELFTH EDITION OF LOCARNO CLASSIFICATION (DESIGNS)

The information in this bulletin will be included in the 2020 revision of DATA ENTRY MANUAL FOR NON-UTILITY PATENT DOCUMENTS, OTHER THAN PATENT APPLICATION PUBLICATIONS.

This bulletin supersedes DCB No. 2017-21, ELEVENTH EDITION OF LOCARNO CLASSIFICATION (DESIGNS).

***This bulletin is effective for Design patents (including Design Reissues) beginning with the issue of August 6, 2019.***

Twelfth Edition of Locarno Classifications

The twelfth edition of the Locarno classification entered into force on January 1, 2019. For Design patents the patent data capture (PaDaCap) contractor will do the following:

Show LOC (12) Cl. at INID (51) on the composed front page in Grant Yellow Book and Grant PostScript®.

Show the numeral 12 as the Locarno <edition> in Grant Red Book ICE.

Show LOC (12) Cl. on the “patent page layout” screen in the weekly (Tuesday) electronic Official Gazette.

Composition

Grant Yellow Book and PostScript® will show the Locarno classification in format nn-nn (for example, 01-01, 07-06, 13-03, 26-05).

The Locarno classification will appear with INID code (51) and will immediately precede the U.S. classification data on the Design patent front page.

SYMBOL 167 \f "Wingdings" INID code (51) is printed as follows:

9-point

Times New Roman flush left on same line as the title LOC (12) Cl.

LOC (12) Cl. is printed as follows:

Times New Roman Bold uppercase for LOC uppercase and lowercase for Cl.

The Locarno classification (two digits, a hyphen, two digits) is printed as follows:

Times New Roman Bold preceded by dot leaders right-justified

For example:

(51) LOC (12) Cl. .................................. 26-03

Grant Red Book ICE

Grant Red Book ICE will show the Locarno classification in format nnnn (for example, 0101, 0706, 1303, 2605).

In Grant Red Book KCE, the numeral 12 will be shown as the <edition> in the <classification-locarno> element.

For example:

<classification-locarno>

<edition>12</edition>

<main-classification>0202</main-classification>

</classification-locarno> <classification-locarno>

<edition>12</edition>

<main-classification>1211</main-classification>

</classification-locarno>

<classification-locarno>

<edition>12</edition>

<main-classification>2001</main-classification>

</classification-locarno>

Locarno Classification in Electronic Official Gazette

The “patent page layout” screen for a Design patent in the weekly (Tuesday) electronic Official Gazette for Patents will show the LOC (12) classification as the last centered line before the flush-left line showing the U.S. Design classification, as in the following mockup:

Term of patent 15 Years

LOC (12) Cl. 08-99 U.S. Cl. D32—35

SYMBOL 110 \f "Wingdings" International (Locarno) Classification Data

The sole source for the international (Locarno) classification is the Issue Classification form (document code IIFW) in the Design Reissue file, where the examiner will have entered the Locarno classification(s) into the INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION section. For example:

For a Design Reissue patent front page, follow the Composition and Grant Red Book ICE guidelines that are shown under International (Locarno) Classification Data in Section I. DESIGN PATENTS.

The “patent page layout” screen for a Design Reissue patent in the weekly (Tuesday) electronic Official Gazette for Patents will show the LOC (12) classification as the last centered line before the flush-left line showing the U.S. Design classification, as in the following mockup:

Application 29/999,999 is a reissue of application No. 29/888,888, filed on Mar. 11, 2013, now D666666, issued on Nov. 12, 2013.

LOC (12) Cl. 29-02 U.S. Cl. D29—108 1 Claim

See DATA ENTRY MANUAL FOR NON-UTILITY PATENT DOCUMENTS, OTHER THAN PATENT APPLICATION PUBLICATIONS, Section I. DESIGN PATENT, Columns, International (Locarno) Classification Data.

The information with the heading

Eleventh Edition of Locarno Classifications is superseded by what is shown below.

See DATA ENTRY MANUAL FOR NON-UTILITY PATENT DOCUMENTS, OTHER THAN PATENT APPLICATION PUBLICATIONS, Section I. DESIGN PATENT, Columns, International (Locarno) Classification Data.

The instructions with the headings

Composition, Grant Red Book ICE, and

Locarno Classification in Electronic Official Gazette are superseded by what is shown below.

See DATA ENTRY MANUAL FOR NON-UTILITY PATENT DOCUMENTS, OTHER THAN PATENT APPLICATION PUBLICATIONS, Section IV. REISSUE OF DESIGN PATENT, Columns.

The International (Locarno) Classification Data guidelines are superseded by what is shown below.

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