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Janis **  \nINTRODUCTION ........................................................................... 1632  \nI. VERBAL TO VISUAL: DESIGN PATENT DISCLOSURESIN EARLY DESIGN PATENT PRACTICE ............................... 1634  \nA. The Evolving Role of the Design Patent Specification.................................. 1635  \nB. Plural Claiming and the Shift to the Pro Forma Claim........................................ 1644  \nC. Towards Visual Disclosure................................... 1649  \nII. DESIGN PATENT DISCLOSURES IN THE MODERN ERA OF VISUAL INFORMATION ........................... 1654  \nA. The Enabled (and Definite) Design ...................... 1654  \nB. The Described Design ........................................... 1662  \nC. Restriction Practice and the Concept of Embodiments of a Design ................................. 1669  \nCONCLUSION .............................................................................. 1674  \nAPPENDIX: EMPIRICAL METHODOLOGY ....................................... 1675  \nA. Sampling ............................................................. 1675  \nB. Coding & Reliability ............................................ 1676  \n1. Written Description (including Claims) ..... 1677  \n2. Figures ...................................................... 1678  \n* Microsoft Fellow, Center for Intellectual Property Research, Indiana University Maurer School of Law, Bloomington; Doctoral Candidate, International Max Planck Research School for Competition and Innovation.  \n** Robert A. Lucas Chair of Law and Director, Center for Intellectual Property Research, Indiana University Maurer School of Law, Bloomington.  \nINTRODUCTION  \nThe disclosure function figures prominently in many accounts of the utility patent system. 1 But what of its role in the design patent system? Should it be dismissed as trivial? And if so, what are the practical consequences for design patent doctrine in view of the fact that the doctrines that implement the disclosure function in utility patent law also apply to design patents by statutory mandate?2  \nThe disclosure theory posits that patent documents disclose technical information that serves as a quid pro quo for the patent grant. 3 Even aside from controversies about whether the disclosure function is robust for utility patents,4 the lack of fit with design patents may seem self-evident: the design patent disclosure is not intended to convey technical information. Its chief purpose is to provide notice to the public as to the subject matter that the design patent protects, as the claims doin utility patents. 5 Perhaps Judge Rich had this in mind when he wrote the opinion for the en banc court in Racing Strollers, Inc. v. TRI Industries, Inc., 6 observing that the § 112 best mode requirement is “not applicable” to design patents and that complying with “the remaining requirements of 112” simply entails that the document contain“illustrations   depicting the ornamental design.”7  \n1. See, e.g., Jeanne C. Fromer, Patent Disclosure, 94 IOWA L. REV. 539, 547–54 (2009); Sean B. Seymore, The Teaching Function of Patents, 85 NOTRE DAME L. REV. 621, 641 (2010) .  \n2. 35 U. S. C. § 171(b) (2012) (“The provisions of this title relating to patents for inventions shall apply to patents for designs, except as otherwise provided.”) .  \n3. See, e.g., Seymore, supra note 1, at 622.  \n4. There are many such controversies. See, e.g. , Alan Devlin, The Misunderstood Function of Disclosure in Patent Law, 23 HARV. J.L. & TECH. 401 (2010); Lisa Larrimore Ouellette, Do Patents Disclose Useful Information?, 25 HARV. J.L. & TECH. 545 (2012); Sean B. Seymore, Making Patents Useful, 98 MINN. L. REV. 1046 (2014); Note, The Disclosure Function of the Patent System (or Lack Thereof), 118 HARV. L. REV. 2007 (2005) .  \n5. See, e.g., Hupp v. Siroflex of Am. , Inc., 122 F. 3d 1456, 1464 (Fed. Cir. 1997) (noting that“the drawings are the claims to the patented s","cbCaiv11HOVbQWm0","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiv11HOVbQWm0","pdf",6104730,48,"English","# Introduction\n## Verbal to Visual: Design Patent Disclosures in Early Design Patent Practice\n### The Evolving Role of the Design Patent Specification\n### Plural Claiming and the Shift to the Pro Forma Claim\n### Towards Visual Disclosure\n## Design Patent Disclosures in the Modern Era of Visual Information\n### The Enabled (and Definite) Design\n### The Described Design\n### Restriction Practice and the Concept of Embodiments of a Design\n# Conclusion\n# Appendix: Empirical Methodology\n## Sampling\n## Coding & Reliability\n### Written Description (including Claims)\n### Figures","[{\"question\":\"What role does the disclosure function play in design patents, and how does it differ from utility patents?\",\"answer\":\"The disclosure function is central in utility patents, but design patents primarily provide public notice of the protected subject matter through drawings. 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