# Eliminating Expedited Examination of Design Applications
> **US Patent and Trademark Office** · Final rule. · Published 2025-08-14 · Effective 2025-08-14 · 90 FR 39124
## Document
- **Document number:** 2025-15497
- **Category:** uspto-patent
- **Sub-agency:** US Patent and Trademark Office
- **Federal Register citation:** 90 FR 39124
- **CFR reference:** 37 CFR 1
- **Publication date:** 2025-08-14
- **Effective date:** 2025-08-14
- **Commerce docket:** Docket No.: PTO-P-2025-0004
## Abstract

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) previously suspended expedited examination of design applications effective April 17, 2025. Further to the suspension, the USPTO hereby amends the Rules of Practice in Patent Cases by removing the provisions in the Code of Federal Regulations that provide for expedited examination of design applications. The removal of those regulations supports the USPTO's efforts to reduce the pendency of unexamined design applications, which will benefit all design patent applicants. The removal also facilitates the USPTO's efforts to address the problem of erroneous micro entity certifications, as well as the USPTO's broader efforts to mitigate and protect against threats to the intellectual property system.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/08/14/2025-15497/eliminating-expedited-examination-of-design-applications)
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