Requirements applicable to design applications under 35 U.S.C. chapter 16 apply to international design applications except as otherwise provided under 35 U.S.C. chapter 38. See 35 U.S.C. 382(c), 383, and 389(b).

35 U.S.C. 171(b) reads as follows:

(b) APPLICABILITY OF THIS TITLE.—The provisions of this title relating to patents for inventions shall apply to patents for designs, except as otherwise provided.

35 U.S.C. 115(a) reads as follows (in part):

An application for patent that is filed under section 111(a) or commences the national stage under section 371 shall include, or be amended to include, the name of the inventor for any invention claimed in the application.

The present application sets forth incorrect inventorship because [1].

The claim is rejected under 35 U.S.C. 171 and 35 U.S.C. 115 for failing to set forth the correct inventorship for the reasons stated above.

Applicant may correct inventorship pursuant to 37 CFR 1.48(a) by submitting to the USPTO a properly signed and marked-up application data sheet (ADS) identifying each inventor by his or her legal name and accompanied by the required processing fee (37 CFR 1.17(i) ). Any request to correct or change the inventorship under 37 CFR 1.48(a) filed after the Office action on the merits has been given or mailed in the application must also be accompanied by the fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17(d). A corrected application data sheet in compliance with 37 CFR 1.76(c) must identify the information that is being changed, with underlining for insertions, and strike-through or brackets for text removed. In addition, an oath or declaration as required by 37 CFR 1.63, or a substitute statement in compliance with 37 CFR 1.64, will be required for any actual inventor who has not yet executed such an oath or declaration. See 37 CFR 1.48(b). The ADS, inventor's declaration, and substitute statement forms are available on the website of the USPTO at www.uspto.gov/patent/forms/forms.

Examiner Note:

In bracket 1, insert the basis for concluding that the inventorship is incorrect (e.g., "under U.S. national law, the inventor cannot be a juristic entity").