Secret Designs

Microchips. Unmanned aerial vehicles. Submarines.

You might have heard of the term submarine patents to refer to U.S. continuation practice, but this report dives deeper to explore secret designs critical to national defense.

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Obtaining a foreign filing license for a design patent application is a critical  requirement as for all patent applications.

Though typically routine, urgency takes a facsimile connection.

But what happens when a design is designated confidential and secret as critical to national defense?

And why are there suddenly so many?

Classified under 35 U.S.C. §181, a design otherwise in condition for allowance joins processing status rank D-10.

They might never be public knowledge but a march through USPTO disclosures reveals hi-tech opportunities for design patenting.

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