Common use of Grounds for refusal Clause in Contracts

Grounds for refusal. Under Clause 1 of Article 1377 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the application for grant of a patent for an industrial design shall be related to one industrial design or to a group of industrial designs associated with each other so closely as to form a single creative concept (the requirement of unity of the industrial design). This requirement is met where there is: one independent and distinct industrial design; or one industrial design and its variants differing from that industrial design by visually non-essential features and/or by color combination; or a group of industrial designs belonging to the same set of articles, as well as one or more industrial designs for separate articles belonging to the same set of articles. It is required that all industrial designs of the group shall belong to the same class of International Classification for Industrial Designs (Locarno classification). Under Clause 1 of Article 1352 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the essential features of an industrial design shall include features determining the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of the article, in particular, the shape, configuration, ornamentation, combination of colors, lines, contours of the article, texture or material of the article. The essential features of the external appearance are recognized as essential if they determine the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of an article, being dominant and determine the overall visual impression. The non-essential features of the external appearance include such slightly distinguishable and inexpressive features of the external appearance of an article, the exclusion of which from the set of the features of the external appearance does not lead to a change the overall visual impression (clause 72 of the Rules for the drafting, filing and examination of the documents, that are the basis for legally significant actions on the state registration of an industrial design). The claimed group of industrial designs includes: the industrial design 1: fig. 1.1-1.7; the industrial design 2: fig. 2.1-2.7. The claimed group of industrial designs does not meet the requirement of unity of the industrial design. Only one of the claimed industrial designs of this application can be considered.

Grounds for refusal. Under Clause 1 of Article 1377 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the application for grant of a patent for an industrial design shall be related to one industrial design or to a group of industrial designs associated with each other so closely as to form a single creative concept (the requirement of unity of the industrial design). This requirement is met where there is: one independent and distinct industrial design; or one industrial design and its variants differing from that industrial design by visually non-essential features and/or by color combination; or a group of industrial designs belonging to the same set of articles, as well as one or more industrial designs for separate articles belonging to the same set of articles. It is required that all industrial designs of the group shall belong to the same class of International Classification for Industrial Designs (Locarno classification). Under Clause 1 of Article 1352 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the essential features of an industrial design shall include features determining the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of the article, in particular, the shape, configuration, ornamentation, combination of colors, lines, contours of the article, texture or material of the article. The essential features of the external appearance are recognized as essential if they determine the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of an article, being dominant and determine the overall visual impression. The non-essential features of the external appearance include such slightly distinguishable and inexpressive features of the external appearance of an article, the exclusion of which from the set of the features of the external appearance does not lead to a change the overall visual impression (clause 72 of the Rules for the drafting, filing and examination of the documents, that are the basis for legally significant actions on the state registration of an industrial design). The claimed group of industrial designs includes: the industrial design 1: fig. 1.1-1.7; the industrial design 2: fig. 2.1-2.7. The claimed group of industrial designs does not meet the requirement of unity of ; the industrial designdesign 3: fig. Only one of 3.1-3.7; the claimed industrial designs of this application can be considered.design 4: fig. 4.1-4.7; the industrial design 5: fig. 5.1-5.7; the industrial design 6: fig. 6.1-6.7; the industrial design 7: fig. 7.1-7.7; the industrial design 8: fig. 8.1-8.7; the industrial design 9: fig. 9.1-9.7;

Grounds for refusal. Under Clause 1 of Article 1377 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the application for grant of a patent for an industrial design shall be related to one industrial design or to a group of industrial designs associated with each other so closely as to form a single creative concept (the requirement of unity of the industrial design). This requirement is met where there is: one independent and distinct industrial design; or one industrial design and its variants differing from that industrial design by visually non-essential features and/or by color combination; or a group of industrial designs belonging to the same set of articles, as well as one or more industrial designs for separate articles belonging to the same set of articles. It is required that all industrial designs of the group shall belong to the same class of International Classification for Industrial Designs (Locarno classification). Under Clause 1 of Article 1352 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the essential features of an industrial design shall include features determining the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of the article, in particular, the shape, configuration, ornamentation, combination of colors, lines, contours of the article, texture or material of the article. The essential features of the external appearance are recognized as essential if they determine the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of an article, being dominant and determine the overall visual impression. The non-essential features of the external appearance include such slightly distinguishable and inexpressive features of the external appearance of an article, the exclusion of which from the set of the features of the external appearance does not lead to a change the overall visual impression (clause 72 of the Rules for the drafting, filing and examination of the documents, that are the basis for legally significant actions on the state registration of an industrial design). The claimed group of industrial designs includes: the industrial design 1: fig. 1.1-1.7; the industrial design 2: fig. 2.1-2.7; the industrial design 3: fig. 3.1-3.7. The claimed group of industrial designs does not meet the requirement of unity of the industrial design. Only one of the claimed industrial designs of this application can be considered.

Grounds for refusal. Under Clause 1 of Article 1377 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the application for grant of a patent for an industrial design shall be related to one industrial design or to a group of industrial designs associated with each other so closely as to form a single creative concept (the requirement of unity of the industrial design). This requirement is met where there is: one independent and distinct industrial design; or one industrial design and its variants differing from that industrial design by visually non-essential features and/or by color combination; or a group of industrial designs belonging to the same set of articles, as well as one or more industrial designs for separate articles belonging to the same set of articles. It is required that all industrial designs of the group shall belong to the same class of International Classification for Industrial Designs (Locarno classification). Under Clause 1 of Article 1352 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the essential features of an industrial design shall include features determining the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of the article, in particular, the shape, configuration, ornamentation, combination of colors, lines, contours of the article, texture or material of the article. The essential features of the external appearance are recognized as essential if they determine the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of an article, being dominant and determine the overall visual impression. The non-essential features of the external appearance include such slightly distinguishable and inexpressive features of the external appearance of an article, the exclusion of which from the set of the features of the external appearance does not lead to a change the overall visual impression (clause 72 of the Rules for the drafting, filing and examination of the documents, that are the basis for legally significant actions on the state registration of an industrial design). The claimed group of industrial designs includes: the industrial design 1: fig. 1.1-1.71.8; the industrial design 2: fig. 2.1-2.72.8. The claimed group of industrial designs does not meet the requirement of unity of the industrial design. Only one of the claimed industrial designs of this application can be considered.

Grounds for refusal. Under Clause 1 of Article 1377 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the application for grant of a patent for an industrial design shall be related to one industrial design or to a group of industrial designs associated with each other so closely as to form a single creative concept (the requirement of unity of the industrial design). This requirement is met where there is: one independent and distinct industrial design; or one industrial design and its variants differing from that industrial design by visually non-essential features and/or by color combination; or a group of industrial designs belonging to the same set of articles, as well as one or more industrial designs for separate articles belonging to the same set of articles. It is required that all industrial designs of the group shall belong to the same class of International Classification for Industrial Designs (Locarno classification). Under Clause 1 of Article 1352 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the essential features of an industrial design shall include features determining the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of the article, in particular, the shape, configuration, ornamentation, combination of colors, lines, contours of the article, texture or material of the article. The essential features of the external appearance are recognized as essential if they determine the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of an article, being dominant and determine the overall visual impression. The non-essential features of the external appearance include such slightly distinguishable and inexpressive features of the external appearance of an article, the exclusion of which from the set of the features of the external appearance does not lead to a change the overall visual impression (clause 72 of the Rules for the drafting, filing and examination of the documents, that are the basis for legally significant actions on the state registration of an industrial design). The claimed group of industrial designs includes: the industrial design 1: fig. 1.1-1.71.6; the industrial design 2: fig. 2.1-2.72.6. The claimed group of industrial designs does not meet the requirement of unity of the industrial design. Only one of the claimed industrial designs of this application can be considered.

Grounds for refusal. Under Clause 1 of Article 1377 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the application for grant of a patent for an industrial design shall be related to one industrial design or to a group of industrial designs associated with each other so closely as to form a single creative concept (the requirement of unity of the industrial design). This requirement is met where there is: one independent and distinct industrial design; or one industrial design and its variants differing from that industrial design by visually non-essential features and/or by color combination; or a group of industrial designs belonging to the same set of articles, as well as one or more industrial designs for separate articles belonging to the same set of articles. It is required that all industrial designs of the group shall belong to the same class of International Classification for Industrial Designs (Locarno classification). Under Clause 1 of Article 1352 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the essential features of an industrial design shall include features determining the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of the article, in particular, the shape, configuration, ornamentation, combination of colors, lines, contours of the article, texture or material of the article. The essential features of the external appearance are recognized as essential if they determine the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of an article, being dominant and determine the overall visual impression. The non-essential features of the external appearance include such slightly distinguishable and inexpressive features of the external appearance of an article, the exclusion of which from the set of the features of the external appearance does not lead to a change the overall visual impression (clause 72 of the Rules for the drafting, filing and examination of the documents, that are the basis for legally significant actions on the state registration of an industrial design). The claimed group of industrial designs includes: the industrial design 1: fig. 1.1-1.7; the industrial design 2: fig. 2.1-2.7; the industrial design 3: fig. 3.1-3.7; the industrial design 4: fig. 4.1-4.7. The claimed group of industrial designs does not meet the requirement of unity of the industrial design. Only one of the claimed industrial designs of this application can be considered.

Grounds for refusal. Under Clause 1 of Article 1377 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the application for grant of a patent for an industrial design shall be related to one industrial design or to a group of industrial designs associated with each other so closely as to form a single creative concept (the requirement of unity of the industrial design). This requirement is met where there is: one independent and distinct industrial design; or one industrial design and its variants differing from that industrial design by visually non-essential features and/or by color combination; or a group of industrial designs belonging to the same set of articles, as well as one or more industrial designs for separate articles belonging to the same set of articles. It is required that all industrial designs of the group shall belong to the same class of International Classification for Industrial Designs (Locarno classification). Under Clause 1 of Article 1352 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the essential features of an industrial design shall include features determining the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of the article, in particular, the shape, configuration, ornamentation, combination of colors, lines, contours of the article, texture or material of the article. The essential features of the external appearance are recognized as essential if they determine the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of an article, being dominant and determine the overall visual impression. The non-essential features of the external appearance include such slightly distinguishable and inexpressive features of the external appearance of an article, the exclusion of which from the set of the features of the external appearance does not lead to a change the overall visual impression (clause 72 of the Rules for the drafting, filing and examination of the documents, that are the basis for legally significant actions on the state registration of an industrial design). The claimed group of industrial designs includes: the industrial design 1: fig. 1.1-1.71.6; the industrial design 2: fig. 2.1-2.72.3. The claimed group of industrial designs does not meet the requirement of unity of the industrial design. Only one of the claimed industrial designs of this application can be considered.

Grounds for refusal. Under Clause 1 of Article 1377 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the application for grant of a patent for an industrial design shall be related to one industrial design or to a group of industrial designs associated with each other so closely as to form a single creative concept (the requirement of unity of the industrial design). This requirement is met where there is: one independent and distinct industrial design; or one industrial design and its variants differing from that industrial design by visually non-essential features and/or by color combination; or a group of industrial designs belonging to the same set of articles, as well as one or more industrial designs for separate articles belonging to the same set of articles. It is required that all industrial designs of the group shall belong to the same class of International Classification for Industrial Designs (Locarno classification). Under Clause 1 of Article 1352 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the essential features of an industrial design shall include features determining the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of the article, in particular, the shape, configuration, ornamentation, combination of colors, lines, contours of the article, texture or material of the article. The essential features of the external appearance are recognized as essential if they determine the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of an article, being dominant and determine the overall visual impression. The non-essential features of the external appearance include such slightly distinguishable and inexpressive features of the external appearance of an article, the exclusion of which from the set of the features of the external appearance does not lead to a change the overall visual impression (clause 72 of the Rules for the drafting, filing and examination of the documents, that are the basis for legally significant actions on the state registration of an industrial design). The claimed group of industrial designs includes: the industrial design 1: fig. 1.1-1.71.5; the industrial design 2: fig. 2.1-2.72.4. The claimed group of industrial designs does not meet the requirement of unity of the industrial design. Only one of the claimed industrial designs of this application can be considered.

Grounds for refusal. Under Clause 1 of Article 1377 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the application for grant of a patent for an industrial design shall be related to one industrial design or to a group of industrial designs associated with each other so closely as to form a single creative concept (the requirement of unity of the industrial design). This requirement is met where there is: one independent and distinct industrial design; or one industrial design and its variants differing from that industrial design by visually non-essential features and/or by color combination; or a group of industrial designs belonging to the same set of articles, as well as one or more industrial designs for separate articles belonging to the same set of articles. It is required that all industrial designs of the group shall belong to the same class of International Classification for Industrial Designs (Locarno classification). Under Clause 1 of Article 1352 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the essential features of an industrial design shall include features determining the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of the article, in particular, the shape, configuration, ornamentation, combination of colors, lines, contours of the article, texture or material of the article. The essential features of the external appearance are recognized as essential if they determine the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of an article, being dominant and determine the overall visual impression. The non-essential features of the external appearance include such slightly distinguishable and inexpressive features of the external appearance of an article, the exclusion of which from the set of the features of the external appearance does not lead to a change the overall visual impression (clause 72 of the Rules for the drafting, filing and examination of the documents, that are the basis for legally significant actions on the state registration of an industrial design). The claimed group of industrial designs includes: the industrial design 1: fig. 1.1-1.71.8; the industrial design 2: fig. 2.1-2.72.8; the industrial design 3: fig. 3.1-3.8; the industrial design 4: fig. 4.1-4.8; the industrial design 5: fig. 5.1-5.8; the industrial design 6: fig. 6.1-6.8. The claimed group of industrial designs does not meet the requirement of unity of the industrial design. Only one of the claimed industrial designs of this application can be considered.

Grounds for refusal. Under Clause 1 of Article 1377 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the application for grant of a patent for an industrial design shall be related to one industrial design or to a group of industrial designs associated with each other so closely as to form a single creative concept (the requirement of unity of the industrial design). This requirement is met where there is: one independent and distinct industrial design; or one industrial design and its variants differing from that industrial design by visually non-essential features and/or by color combination; or a group of industrial designs belonging to the same set of articles, as well as one or more industrial designs for separate articles belonging to the same set of articles. It is required that all industrial designs of the group shall belong to the same class of International Classification for Industrial Designs (Locarno classification). Under Clause 1 of Article 1352 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the essential features of an industrial design shall include features determining the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of the article, in particular, the shape, configuration, ornamentation, combination of colors, lines, contours of the article, texture or material of the article. The essential features of the external appearance are recognized as essential if they determine the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of an article, being dominant and determine the overall visual impression. The non-essential features of the external appearance include such slightly distinguishable and inexpressive features of the external appearance of an article, the exclusion of which from the set of the features of the external appearance does not lead to a change the overall visual impression (clause 72 of the Rules for the drafting, filing and examination of the documents, that are the basis for legally significant actions on the state registration of an industrial design). The claimed group of industrial designs includes: the industrial design 1: fig. 1.1-1.71; the industrial design 2: fig. 2.1-2.72; the industrial design 3: fig. 3. The claimed group of industrial designs does not meet the requirement of unity of the industrial design. Only one of the claimed industrial designs of this application can be considered.

Grounds for refusal. Under Clause 1 of Article 1377 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the application for grant of a patent for an industrial design shall be related to one industrial design or to a group of industrial designs associated with each other so closely as to form a single creative concept (the requirement of unity of the industrial design). This requirement is met where there is: one independent and distinct industrial design; or one industrial design and its variants differing from that industrial design by visually non-essential features and/or by color combination; or a group of industrial designs belonging to the same set of articles, as well as one or more industrial designs for separate articles belonging to the same set of articles. It is required that all industrial designs of the group shall belong to the same class of International Classification for Industrial Designs (Locarno classification). Under Clause 1 of Article 1352 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the essential features of an industrial design shall include features determining the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of the article, in particular, the shape, configuration, ornamentation, combination of colors, lines, contours of the article, texture or material of the article. The essential features of the external appearance are recognized as essential if they determine the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of an article, being dominant and determine the overall visual impression. The non-essential features of the external appearance include such slightly distinguishable and inexpressive features of the external appearance of an article, the exclusion of which from the set of the features of the external appearance does not lead to a change the overall visual impression (clause 72 of the Rules for the drafting, filing and examination of the documents, that are the basis for legally significant actions on the state registration of an industrial design). The claimed group of industrial designs includes: the industrial design 1: fig. 1.1-1.71.2; the industrial design 2: fig. 2.1-2.72.2. The claimed group of industrial designs does not meet the requirement of unity of the industrial design. Only one of the claimed industrial designs of this application can be considered.

Grounds for refusal. Under Clause 1 of Article 1377 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the application for grant of a patent for an industrial design shall be related to one industrial design or to a group of industrial designs associated with each other so closely as to form a single creative concept (the requirement of unity of the industrial design). This requirement is met where there is: one independent and distinct industrial design; or one industrial design and its variants differing from that industrial design by visually non-essential features and/or by color combination; or a group of industrial designs belonging to the same set of articles, as well as one or more industrial designs for separate articles belonging to the same set of articles. It is required that all industrial designs of the group shall belong to the same class of International Classification for Industrial Designs (Locarno classification). Under Clause 1 of Article 1352 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the essential features of an industrial design shall include features determining the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of the article, in particular, the shape, configuration, ornamentation, combination of colors, lines, contours of the article, texture or material of the article. The essential features of the external appearance are recognized as essential if they determine the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of an article, being dominant and determine the overall visual impression. The non-essential features of the external appearance include such slightly distinguishable and inexpressive features of the external appearance of an article, the exclusion of which from the set of the features of the external appearance does not lead to a change the overall visual impression (clause 72 of the Rules for the drafting, filing and examination of the documents, that are the basis for legally significant actions on the state registration of an industrial design). The claimed group of industrial designs includes: the industrial design 1: fig. 1.1-1.71.8; the industrial design 2: fig. 2.1-2.7. The claimed group of industrial designs does not meet the requirement of unity of 2.8; the industrial designdesign 3: fig. Only one of 3.1-3.8; the claimed industrial designs of this application can be considered.design 4: fig. 4.1-4.8; the industrial design 5: fig. 5.1-5.8; the industrial design 6: fig. 6.1-6.8; the industrial design 7: fig. 7.1-7.8; the industrial design 8: fig. 8.1-8.8; the industrial design 9: fig. 9.1-9.8;

Grounds for refusal. Under Clause 1 of Article 1377 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the application for grant of a patent for an industrial design shall be related to one industrial design or to a group of industrial designs associated with each other so closely as to form a single creative concept (the requirement of unity of the industrial design). This requirement is met where there is: one independent and distinct industrial design; or one industrial design and its variants differing from that industrial design by visually non-essential features and/or by color combination; or a group of industrial designs belonging to the same set of articles, as well as one or more industrial designs for separate articles belonging to the same set of articles. It is required that all industrial designs of the group shall belong to the same class of International Classification for Industrial Designs (Locarno classification). Under Clause 1 of Article 1352 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the essential features of an industrial design shall include features determining the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of the article, in particular, the shape, configuration, ornamentation, combination of colors, lines, contours of the article, texture or material of the article. The essential features of the external appearance are recognized as essential if they determine the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of an article, being dominant and determine the overall visual impression. The non-essential features of the external appearance include such slightly distinguishable and inexpressive features of the external appearance of an article, the exclusion of which from the set of the features of the external appearance does not lead to a change the overall visual impression (clause 72 of the Rules for the drafting, filing and examination of the documents, that are the basis for legally significant actions on the state registration of an industrial design). The claimed group of industrial designs includes: the industrial design 1: fig. 1.1-1.71.6; the industrial design 2: fig. 2.1-2.72.6; the industrial design 3: fig. 3.1-3.6. The claimed group of industrial designs does not meet the requirement of unity of the industrial design. Only one of the claimed industrial designs of this application can be considered.

Grounds for refusal. Under Clause 1 of Article 1377 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the application for grant of a patent for an industrial design shall be related to one industrial design or to a group of industrial designs associated with each other so closely as to form a single creative concept (the requirement of unity of the industrial design). This requirement is met where there is: one independent and distinct industrial design; or one industrial design and its variants differing from that industrial design by visually non-essential features and/or by color combination; or a group of industrial designs belonging to the same set of articles, as well as one or more industrial designs for separate articles belonging to the same set of articles. It is required that all industrial designs of the group shall belong to the same class of International Classification for Industrial Designs (Locarno classification). Under Clause 1 of Article 1352 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the essential features of an industrial design shall include features determining the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of the article, in particular, the shape, configuration, ornamentation, combination of colors, lines, contours of the article, texture or material of the article. The essential features of the external appearance are recognized as essential if they determine the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of an article, being dominant and determine the overall visual impression. The non-essential features of the external appearance include such slightly distinguishable and inexpressive features of the external appearance of an article, the exclusion of which from the set of the features of the external appearance does not lead to a change the overall visual impression (clause 72 of the Rules for the drafting, filing and examination of the documents, that are the basis for legally significant actions on the state registration of an industrial design). The claimed group of industrial designs includes: the industrial design 1: fig. 1.1-1.71.6; the industrial design 2: fig. 2.1-2.7. The claimed group of industrial designs does not meet the requirement of unity of the industrial design. Only one of the claimed industrial designs of this application can be considered.

Grounds for refusal. Under Clause 1 of Article 1377 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the application for grant of a patent for an industrial design shall be related to one industrial design or to a group of industrial designs associated with each other so closely as to form a single creative concept (the requirement of unity of the industrial design). This requirement is met where there is: one independent and distinct industrial design; or one industrial design and its variants differing from that industrial design by visually non-essential features and/or by color combination; or a group of industrial designs belonging to the same set of articles, as well as one or more industrial designs for separate articles belonging to the same set of articles. It is required that all industrial designs of the group shall belong to the same class of International Classification for Industrial Designs (Locarno classification). Under Clause 1 of Article 1352 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the essential features of an industrial design shall include features determining the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of the article, in particular, the shape, configuration, ornamentation, combination of colors, lines, contours of the article, texture or material of the article. The essential features of the external appearance are recognized as essential if they determine the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of an article, being dominant and determine the overall visual impression. The non-essential features of the external appearance include such slightly distinguishable and inexpressive features of the external appearance of an article, the exclusion of which from the set of the features of the external appearance does not lead to a change the overall visual impression (clause 72 of the Rules for the drafting, filing and examination of the documents, that are the basis for legally significant actions on the state registration of an industrial design). The claimed group of industrial designs includes: the industrial design 1: fig. 1.1-1.71.3; the industrial design 2: fig. 2.1-2.72.3. The claimed group of industrial designs does not meet the requirement of unity of the industrial design. Only one of the claimed industrial designs of this application can be considered.

Grounds for refusal. Under Clause 1 of Article 1377 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the application for grant of a patent for an industrial design shall be related to one industrial design or to a group of industrial designs associated with each other so closely as to form a single creative concept (the requirement of unity of the industrial design). This requirement is met where there is: one independent and distinct industrial design; or one industrial design and its variants differing from that industrial design by visually non-essential features and/or by color combination; or a group of industrial designs belonging to the same set of articles, as well as one or more industrial designs for separate articles belonging to the same set of articles. It is required that all industrial designs of the group shall belong to the same class of International Classification for Industrial Designs (Locarno classification). Under Clause 1 of Article 1352 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the essential features of an industrial design shall include features determining the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of the article, in particular, the shape, configuration, ornamentation, combination of colors, lines, contours of the article, texture or material of the article. The essential features of the external appearance are recognized as essential if they determine the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of an article, being dominant and determine the overall visual impression. The non-essential features of the external appearance include such slightly distinguishable and inexpressive features of the external appearance of an article, the exclusion of which from the set of the features of the external appearance does not lead to a change the overall visual impression (clause 72 of the Rules for the drafting, filing and examination of the documents, that are the basis for legally significant actions on the state registration of an industrial design). The claimed group of industrial designs includes: the industrial design 1: fig. 1.1-1.71.8; the industrial design 2: fig. 2.1-2.72.8; the industrial design 3: fig. 3.1-3.8. The claimed group of industrial designs does not meet the requirement of unity of the industrial design. Only one of the claimed industrial designs of claimed in this application can be considered.

Grounds for refusal. Under Clause 1 of Article 1377 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the application for grant of a patent for an industrial design shall be related to one industrial design or to a group of industrial designs associated with each other so closely as to form a single creative concept (the requirement of unity of the industrial design). This requirement is met where there is: one independent and distinct industrial design; or one industrial design and its variants differing from that industrial design by visually non-essential features and/or by color combination; or a group of industrial designs belonging to the same set of articles, as well as one or more industrial designs for separate articles belonging to the same set of articles. It is required that all industrial designs of the group shall belong to the same class of International Classification for Industrial Designs (Locarno classification). Under Clause 1 of Article 1352 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the essential features of an industrial design shall include features determining the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of the article, in particular, the shape, configuration, ornamentation, combination of colors, lines, contours of the article, texture or material of the article. The essential features of the external appearance are recognized as essential if they determine the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of an article, being dominant and determine the overall visual impression. The non-essential features of the external appearance include such slightly distinguishable and inexpressive features of the external appearance of an article, the exclusion of which from the set of the features of the external appearance does not lead to a change the overall visual impression (clause 72 of the Rules for the drafting, filing and examination of the documents, that are the basis for legally significant actions on the state registration of an industrial design). The claimed group of industrial designs includes: the industrial design 1: fig. 1.1-1.71; the industrial design 2: fig. 2.1-2.7. The claimed group of industrial designs does not meet the requirement of unity of 2; the industrial designdesign 3: fig. Only one of 3; the claimed industrial designs of this application can be considered.design 4: fig. 4; the industrial design 5: fig. 5; the industrial design 6: fig. 6; the industrial design 7: fig. 7; the industrial design 8: fig. 8; the industrial design 9: fig. 9;

Grounds for refusal. Under Clause 1 of Article 1377 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the application for grant of a patent for an industrial design shall be related to one industrial design or to a group of industrial designs associated with each other so closely as to form a single creative concept (the requirement of unity of the industrial design). This requirement is met where there is: one independent and distinct industrial design; or one industrial design and its variants differing from that industrial design by visually non-essential features and/or by color combination; or a group of industrial designs belonging to the same set of articles, as well as one or more industrial designs for separate articles belonging to the same set of articles. It is required that all industrial designs of the group shall belong to the same class of International Classification for Industrial Designs (Locarno classification). Under Clause 1 of Article 1352 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the essential features of an industrial design shall include features determining the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of the article, in particular, the shape, configuration, ornamentation, combination of colors, lines, contours of the article, texture or material of the article. The essential features of the external appearance are recognized as essential if they determine the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of an article, being dominant and determine the overall visual impression. The non-essential features of the external appearance include such slightly distinguishable and inexpressive features of the external appearance of an article, the exclusion of which from the set of the features of the external appearance does not lead to a change the overall visual impression (clause 72 of the Rules for the drafting, filing and examination of the documents, that are the basis for legally significant actions on the state registration of an industrial design). The claimed group of industrial designs includes: the industrial design 1: fig. 1.1-1.71.5; the industrial design 2: fig. 2.1-2.72.6. The claimed group of industrial designs does not meet the requirement of unity of the industrial design. Only one of the claimed industrial designs of this application can be considered.

Grounds for refusal. Under Clause 1 of Article 1377 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the application for grant of a patent for an industrial design shall be related to one industrial design or to a group of industrial designs associated with each other so closely as to form a single creative concept (the requirement of unity of the industrial design). This requirement is met where there is: one independent and distinct industrial design; or one industrial design and its variants differing from that industrial design by visually non-essential features and/or by color combination; or a group of industrial designs belonging to the same set of articles, as well as one or more industrial designs for separate articles belonging to the same set of articles. It is required that all industrial designs of the group shall belong to the same class of International Classification for Industrial Designs (Locarno classification). Under Clause 1 of Article 1352 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the essential features of an industrial design shall include features determining the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of the article, in particular, the shape, configuration, ornamentation, combination of colors, lines, contours of the article, texture or material of the article. The essential features of the external appearance are recognized as essential if they determine the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of an article, being dominant and determine the overall visual impression. The non-essential features of the external appearance include such slightly distinguishable and inexpressive features of the external appearance of an article, the exclusion of which from the set of the features of the external appearance does not lead to a change the overall visual impression (clause 72 of the Rules for the drafting, filing and examination of the documents, that are the basis for legally significant actions on the state registration of an industrial design). The claimed group of industrial designs includes: the industrial design 1: fig. 1.1-1.71.10; the industrial design 2: fig. 2.1-2.72.10; the industrial design 3: fig. 3.1-3.10; the industrial design 4: fig. 4.1-4.10; the industrial design 5: fig. 5.1-5.10; the industrial design 6: fig. 6.1-6.10. The claimed group of industrial designs does not meet the requirement of unity of the industrial design. Only one of the claimed industrial designs of this application can be considered.

Grounds for refusal. Under Clause 1 of Article 1377 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the application for grant of a patent for an industrial design shall be related to one industrial design or to a group of industrial designs associated with each other so closely as to form a single creative concept (the requirement of unity of the industrial design). This requirement is met where there is: one independent and distinct industrial design; or one industrial design and its variants differing from that industrial design by visually non-essential features and/or by color combination; or a group of industrial designs belonging to the same set of articles, as well as one or more industrial designs for separate articles belonging to the same set of articles. It is required that all industrial designs of the group shall belong to the same class of International Classification for Industrial Designs (Locarno classification). Under Clause 1 of Article 1352 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the essential features of an industrial design shall include features determining the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of the article, in particular, the shape, configuration, ornamentation, combination of colors, lines, contours of the article, texture or material of the article. The essential features of the external appearance are recognized as essential if they determine the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of an article, being dominant and determine the overall visual impression. The non-essential features of the external appearance include such slightly distinguishable and inexpressive features of the external appearance of an article, the exclusion of which from the set of the features of the external appearance does not lead to a change the overall visual impression (clause 72 of the Rules for the drafting, filing and examination of the documents, that are the basis for legally significant actions on the state registration of an industrial design). The claimed group of industrial designs includes: the industrial design 1: fig. 1.1-1.71.8; the industrial design 2: fig. 2.1-2.72.10. The claimed group of industrial designs does not meet the requirement of unity of the industrial design. Only one of the claimed industrial designs of this application can be considered.

Grounds for refusal. Under Clause 1 of Article 1377 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the application for grant of a patent for an industrial design shall be related to one industrial design or to a group of industrial designs associated with each other so closely as to form a single creative concept (the requirement of unity of the industrial design). This requirement is met where there is: one independent and distinct industrial design; or one industrial design and its variants differing from that industrial design by visually non-essential features and/or by color combination; or a group of industrial designs belonging to the same set of articles, as well as one or more industrial designs for separate articles belonging to the same set of articles. It is required that all industrial designs of the group shall belong to the same class of International Classification for Industrial Designs (Locarno classification). Under Clause 1 of Article 1352 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the essential features of an industrial design shall include features determining the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of the article, in particular, the shape, configuration, ornamentation, combination of colors, lines, contours of the article, texture or material of the article. The essential features of the external appearance are recognized as essential if they determine the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of an article, being dominant and determine the overall visual impression. The non-essential features of the external appearance include such slightly distinguishable and inexpressive features of the external appearance of an article, the exclusion of which from the set of the features of the external appearance does not lead to a change the overall visual impression (clause 72 of the Rules for the drafting, filing and examination of the documents, that are the basis for legally significant actions on the state registration of an industrial design). The claimed group of industrial designs includes: the industrial design 1: fig. 1.1-1.7; the industrial design 2: fig. 2.1-2.7; the industrial design 3: fig. 3.1-3.7; the industrial design 4: fig. 4.1-4.7. The claimed group of industrial designs does not meet the requirement of unity of the industrial design. Only one The following industrial designs of the claimed industrial designs of this application can be considered: the group of industrial designs 1 and 2 or the group of industrial designs 3 and 4.

Grounds for refusal. Under Clause 1 of Article 1377 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the application for grant of a patent for an industrial design shall be related to one industrial design or to a group of industrial designs associated with each other so closely as to form a single creative concept (the requirement of unity of the industrial design). This requirement is met where there is: one independent and distinct industrial design; or one industrial design and its variants differing from that industrial design by visually non-essential features and/or by color combination; or a group of industrial designs belonging to the same set of articles, as well as one or more industrial designs for separate articles belonging to the same set of articles. It is required that all industrial designs of the group shall belong to the same class of International Classification for Industrial Designs (Locarno classification). Under Clause 1 of Article 1352 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the essential features of an industrial design shall include features determining the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of the article, in particular, the shape, configuration, ornamentation, combination of colors, lines, contours of the article, texture or material of the article. The essential features of the external appearance are recognized as essential if they determine the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of an article, being dominant and determine the overall visual impression. The non-essential features of the external appearance include such slightly distinguishable and inexpressive features of the external appearance of an article, the exclusion of which from the set of the features of the external appearance does not lead to a change the overall visual impression (( clause 72 of the Rules for the drafting, filing and examination of the documents, that are the basis for legally significant actions on the state registration of an industrial design). The claimed group of industrial designs includes: the industrial design 1: fig. 1.1-1.71.2; the industrial design 2: fig. 2.1-2.7. The claimed group of industrial designs does not meet the requirement of unity of 2.2; the industrial designdesign 3: fig. Only one of 3.1-3.2; the claimed industrial designs of this application can be considered.design 4: fig. 4.1-4.2; the industrial design 5: fig. 5.1-5.2; the industrial design 6: fig. 6.1-6.2; the industrial design 7: fig. 7.1-7.4; the industrial design 8: fig. 8.1-8.4; the industrial design 9: fig. 9.1-9.2;

Grounds for refusal. Under Clause 1 of Article 1377 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the application for grant of a patent for an industrial design shall be related to one industrial design or to a group of industrial designs associated with each other so closely as to form a single creative concept (the requirement of unity of the industrial design). This requirement is met where there is: one independent and distinct industrial design; or one industrial design and its variants differing from that industrial design by visually non-essential features and/or by color combination; or a group of industrial designs belonging to the same set of articles, as well as one or more industrial designs for separate articles belonging to the same set of articles. It is required that all industrial designs of the group shall belong to the same class of International Classification for Industrial Designs (Locarno classification). Under Clause 1 of Article 1352 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the essential features of an industrial design shall include features determining the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of the article, in particular, the shape, configuration, ornamentation, combination of colors, lines, contours of the article, texture or material of the article. The essential features of the external appearance are recognized as essential if they determine the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of an article, being dominant and determine the overall visual impression. The non-essential features of the external appearance include such slightly distinguishable and inexpressive features of the external appearance of an article, the exclusion of which from the set of the features of the external appearance does not lead to a change the overall visual impression (clause 72 of the Rules for the drafting, filing and examination of the documents, that are the basis for legally significant actions on the state registration of an industrial design). The claimed group of industrial designs includes: the industrial design 1: fig. 1.1-1.71.3; the industrial design 2: fig. 2.1-2.72.3; the industrial design 3: fig. 3.1-3.3; the industrial design 4: fig. 4.1-4.4; the industrial design 5: fig. 5.1-5.2. The claimed group of industrial designs does not meet the requirement of unity of the industrial design. Only one of the claimed industrial designs of this application can be considered.

Grounds for refusal. Under Clause 1 of Article 1377 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the application for grant of a patent for an industrial design shall be related to one industrial design or to a group of industrial designs associated with each other so closely as to form a single creative concept (the requirement of unity of the industrial design). This requirement is met where there is: one independent and distinct industrial design; or one industrial design and its variants differing from that industrial design by visually non-essential features and/or by color combination; or a group of industrial designs belonging to the same set of articles, as well as one or more industrial designs for separate articles belonging to the same set of articles. It is required that all industrial designs of the group shall belong to the same class of International Classification for Industrial Designs (Locarno classification). Under Clause 1 of Article 1352 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the essential features of an industrial design shall include features determining the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of the article, in particular, the shape, configuration, ornamentation, combination of colors, lines, contours of the article, texture or material of the article. The essential features of the external appearance are recognized as essential if they determine the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of an article, being dominant and determine the overall visual impression. The non-essential features of the external appearance include such slightly distinguishable and inexpressive features of the external appearance of an article, the exclusion of which from the set of the features of the external appearance does not lead to a change the overall visual impression (clause 72 of the Rules for the drafting, filing and examination of the documents, that are the basis for legally significant actions on the state registration of an industrial design). The claimed group of industrial designs includes: the industrial design 1: fig. represented in the figures 1.1-1.7; the industrial design 2: fig. 2.1-2.7. The claimed group of industrial designs 1.6 does not meet the requirement of unity of the industrial design. Only one , as the figure 1.6 (the exploded view) differs from the other reproductions by the method of reproduction representation and it cannot be related to the claimed industrial designs design. The applicant has to exclude the figure 1.6 from consideration in order to the claimed industrial design to be recognized as corresponding to the requirement of this application can unity of the industrial design. In case of the applicant's response is not submitted within the established time limit, the industrial design shown in the figures 1.1-1.5 will be considered.

Grounds for refusal. Under Clause 1 of Article 1377 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the application for grant of a patent for an industrial design shall be related to one industrial design or to a group of industrial designs associated with each other so closely as to form a single creative concept (the requirement of unity of the industrial design). This requirement is met where there is: one independent and distinct industrial design; or one industrial design and its variants differing from that industrial design by visually non-essential features and/or by color combination; or a group of industrial designs belonging to the same set of articles, as well as one or more industrial designs for separate articles belonging to the same set of articles. It is required that all industrial designs of the group shall belong to the same class of International Classification for Industrial Designs (Locarno classification). Under Clause 1 of Article 1352 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the essential features of an industrial design shall include features determining the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of the article, in particular, the shape, configuration, ornamentation, combination of colors, lines, contours of the article, texture or material of the article. The essential features of the external appearance are recognized as essential if they determine the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of an article, being dominant and determine the overall visual impression. The non-essential features of the external appearance include such slightly distinguishable and inexpressive features of the external appearance of an article, the exclusion of which from the set of the features of the external appearance does not lead to a change the overall visual impression (clause 72 of the Rules for the drafting, filing and examination of the documents, that are the basis for legally significant actions on the state registration of an industrial design). The claimed group of industrial designs includes: the industrial design 1: fig. 1.1-1.7; the industrial design 2: fig. 2.1-2.7; the industrial design 3: fig. 3.1-3.7; the industrial design 4: fig. 4.1-4.7; the industrial design 5: fig. 5.1-5.7. The claimed group of industrial designs does not meet the requirement of unity of the industrial design. Only one The following industrial designs of the claimed industrial designs of this application can be considered: the industrial design 1 or the group of industrial designs 2 and 3, or the industrial design 4, or the industrial design 5.

Grounds for refusal. Under Clause 1 of Article 1377 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the application for grant of a patent for an industrial design shall be related to one industrial design or to a group of industrial designs associated with each other so closely as to form a single creative concept (the requirement of unity of the industrial design). This requirement is met where there is: one independent and distinct industrial design; or one industrial design and its variants differing from that industrial design by visually non-essential features and/or by color combination; or a group of industrial designs belonging to the same set of articles, as well as one or more industrial designs for separate articles belonging to the same set of articles. It is required that all industrial designs of the group shall belong to the same class of International Classification for Industrial Designs (Locarno classification). Under Clause 1 of Article 1352 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the essential features of an industrial design shall include features determining the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of the article, in particular, the shape, configuration, ornamentation, combination of colors, lines, contours of the article, texture or material of the article. The essential features of the external appearance are recognized as essential if they determine the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of an article, being dominant and determine the overall visual impression. The non-essential features of the external appearance include such slightly distinguishable and inexpressive features of the external appearance of an article, the exclusion of which from the set of the features of the external appearance does not lead to a change the overall visual impression (clause 72 of the Rules for the drafting, filing and examination of the documents, that are the basis for legally significant actions on the state registration of an industrial design). The claimed group of industrial designs includes: the industrial design 1: fig. 1.1-1.7; the industrial design 2: fig. 2.1-2.7; the industrial design 3: fig. 3.1-3.7; the industrial design 4: fig. 4.1-4.7; the industrial design 5: fig. 5.1-5.7; the industrial design 6: fig. 6.1-6.7. The claimed group of industrial designs does not meet the requirement of unity of the industrial design. Only one The following industrial designs of the claimed industrial designs of this application can be considered: the industrial design 1 or the industrial design 2, or the group of industrial designs 3 and 5, or the group of industrial designs 4 and 6.

Grounds for refusal. Under Clause 1 of Article 1377 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the application for grant of a patent for an industrial design shall be related to one industrial design or to a group of industrial designs associated with each other so closely as to form a single creative concept (the requirement of unity of the industrial design). This requirement is met where there is: one independent and distinct industrial design; or one industrial design and its variants differing from that industrial design by visually non-essential features and/or by color combination; or a group of industrial designs belonging to the same set of articles, as well as one or more industrial designs for separate articles belonging to the same set of articles. It is required that all industrial designs of the group shall belong to the same class of International Classification for Industrial Designs (Locarno classification). Under Clause 1 of Article 1352 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the essential features of an industrial design shall include features determining the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of the article, in particular, the shape, configuration, ornamentation, combination of colors, lines, contours of the article, texture or material of the article. The essential features of the external appearance are recognized as essential if they determine the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of an article, being dominant and determine the overall visual impression. The non-essential features of the external appearance include such slightly distinguishable and inexpressive features of the external appearance of an article, the exclusion of which from the set of the features of the external appearance does not lead to a change the overall visual impression (clause 72 of the Rules for the drafting, filing and examination of the documents, that are the basis for legally significant actions on the state registration of an industrial design). The claimed group of industrial designs includes: the industrial design 1: fig. 1.1-1.71.8; the industrial design 2: fig. 2.1-2.72.8; the industrial design 3: fig. 3.1-3.9; the industrial design 4: fig. 4.1-4.9; the industrial design 5: fig. 5.1-5.9; the industrial design 6: fig. 6.1-6.8; the industrial design 7: fig. 7.1-7.8. The claimed group of industrial designs does not meet the requirement of unity of the industrial design. Only one of the claimed industrial designs of this application can be considered. The figures 3.9, 4.9 and 5.9 show the state of usage of the claimed industrial designs and can be accepted only as references.

Grounds for refusal. Under Clause 1 of Article 1377 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the application for grant of a patent for an industrial design shall be related to one industrial design or to a group of industrial designs associated with each other so closely as to form a single creative concept (the requirement of unity of the industrial design). This requirement is met where there is: one independent and distinct industrial design; or one industrial design and its variants differing from that industrial design by visually non-essential features and/or by color combination; or a group of industrial designs belonging to the same set of articles, as well as one or more industrial designs for separate articles belonging to the same set of articles. It is required that all industrial designs of the group shall belong to the same class of International Classification for Industrial Designs (Locarno classification). Under Clause 1 of Article 1352 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the essential features of an industrial design shall include features determining the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of the article, in particular, the shape, configuration, ornamentation, combination of colors, lines, contours of the article, texture or material of the article. The essential features of the external appearance are recognized as essential if they determine the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of an article, being dominant and determine the overall visual impression. The non-essential features of the external appearance include such slightly distinguishable and inexpressive features of the external appearance of an article, the exclusion of which from the set of the features of the external appearance does not lead to a change the overall visual impression (clause 72 of the Rules for the drafting, filing and examination of the documents, that are the basis for legally significant actions on the state registration of an industrial design). The claimed group of industrial designs includes: the industrial design 1: fig. 1.1-1.7; the industrial design 2: fig. 2.1-2.72.4; the industrial design 3: fig. 3.1-3.5; the industrial design 4: fig. 4.1-4.7. The claimed group of industrial designs does not meet the requirement of unity of the industrial design. Only one of the claimed industrial designs of this application can be considered.

Grounds for refusal. Under Clause 1 of Article 1377 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the application for grant of a patent for an industrial design shall be related to one industrial design or to a group of industrial designs associated with each other so closely as to form a single creative concept (the requirement of unity of the industrial design). This requirement is met where there is: one independent and distinct industrial design; or one industrial design and its variants differing from that industrial design by visually non-essential features and/or by color combination; or a group of industrial designs belonging to the same set of articles, as well as one or more industrial designs for separate articles belonging to the same set of articles. It is required that all industrial designs of the group shall belong to the same class of International Classification for Industrial Designs (Locarno classification). Under Clause 1 of Article 1352 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the essential features of an industrial design shall include features determining the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of the article, in particular, the shape, configuration, ornamentation, combination of colors, lines, contours of the article, texture or material of the article. The essential features of the external appearance are recognized as essential if they determine the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of an article, being dominant and determine the overall visual impression. The non-essential features of the external appearance include such slightly distinguishable and inexpressive features of the external appearance of an article, the exclusion of which from the set of the features of the external appearance does not lead to a change the overall visual impression (clause 72 of the Rules for the drafting, filing and examination of the documents, that are the basis for legally significant actions on the state registration of an industrial design). The claimed group industrial design "Animated graphical user interface of industrial designs includesan ophthalmic testing" represented in the figures 1.1 - 1.36 of the international registration. The examination of the reproductions showed the following: a) the range of the reproductions contain the views of the one state of the interface with the different scope of legal protection determined by the set of the essential features of the industrial design 1reflected in the reproductions of the article, namely: fig- the figure 1.1 and the figure 1.2; - the figure 1.3, the figure 1.4 and the figure 1.5; - the figure 1.6, the figure 1.7 and the figure 1.8; - the figure 1.9; - the figure 1.10 and the figure 1.11; - the figure 1.12 and the figure 1.13; - the figure 1.14 and the figure 1.15; - the figure 1.16 and the figure 1.17; - the figure 1.18 and the figure 1.19; - the figure 1.20 and the figure 1.21; - the figure 1.22 and the figure 1.23; - the figure 1.24 and the figure 1.25; - the figure 1.26; - the figure 1.27 and the figure 1.28; - the figure 1.29 and 1.30; - the figure 1.31; - the figure 1.32; - the figure 1.33 and the figure 1.34; - the figure 1.35. 1.1-1.7; b) the industrial design 2: fig. 2.1-2.7reproduction represented in the figure 1.36 shows the interface in the state of the figure 1.5 as a part of the ophthalmic testing apparatus while the figures 1.1 - 1.35 show the interfaces located in the display. The claimed group of following industrial designs does not meet the requirement of unity of the industrial design. Only one of the claimed industrial designs of this application can be considered: - the industrial design "Animated graphical user interface of an ophthalmic testing" represented in the figure 1.1 or in the figure 1.2; in the figure 1.3, the figure 1.4 or in the figure 1.5; in the figure 1.6, the figure 1.7 or in the figure 1.8; in the figure 1.9; in the figure 1.10 or in the figure 1.11; in the figure 1.12 or in the figure 1.13; in the figure 1.14 or in the figure 1.15; in the figure 1.16 or in the figure 1.17; in the figure 1.18 or in the figure 1.19; in the figure 1.20 or in the figure 1.21; in the figure 1.22 or in the figure 1.23; in the figure 1.24 or in the figure 1.25; in the figure 1.26; in the figure 1.27 or in the figure 1.28; in the figure 1.29 or in the figure 1.30; in the figure 1.31; in the figure 1.32; in the figure 1.33 or in the figure 1.34; in the figure 1.35. - the industrial design "Animated graphical user interface of an ophthalmic testing" represented in the figure 1.36. In case of non-receipt of communication from the applicant under section VI of these notification of refusal, a substantive examination will be conducted in respect to the industrial design "Animated graphical user interface of an ophthalmic testing" represented in the figure 1.1.

Grounds for refusal. Under Clause 1 of Article 1377 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the application for grant of a patent for an industrial design shall be related to one industrial design or to a group of industrial designs associated with each other so closely as to form a single creative concept (the requirement of unity of the industrial design). This requirement is met where there is: one independent and distinct industrial design; or one industrial design and its variants differing from that industrial design by visually non-essential features and/or by color combination; or a group of industrial designs belonging to the same set of articles, as well as one or more industrial designs for separate articles belonging to the same set of articles. It is required that all industrial designs of the group shall belong to the same class of International Classification for Industrial Designs (Locarno classification). Under Clause 1 of Article 1352 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the essential features of an industrial design shall include features determining the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of the article, in particular, the shape, configuration, ornamentation, combination of colors, lines, contours of the article, texture or material of the article. The essential features of the external appearance are recognized as essential if they determine the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of an article, being dominant and determine the overall visual impression. The non-essential features of the external appearance include such slightly distinguishable and inexpressive features of the external appearance of an article, the exclusion of which from the set of the features of the external appearance does not lead to a change the overall visual impression (clause 72 of the Rules for the drafting, filing and examination of the documents, that are the basis for legally significant actions on the state registration of an industrial design). The claimed group of industrial designs includes: the industrial design 1: fig. 1.1-1.71.8; the industrial design 2: fig. 2.1-2.72.8. The claimed group of industrial designs does not meet the requirement of unity of the industrial design. Only one of the claimed industrial designs of this application can be considered. For the applicant's information: the industrial designs 1 and 2 are identical in terms of the scope of legal protection.

Grounds for refusal. Under Clause 1 of Article 1377 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the application for grant of a patent for an industrial design shall be related to one industrial design or to a group of industrial designs associated with each other so closely as to form a single creative concept (the requirement of unity of the industrial design). This requirement is met where there is: one independent and distinct industrial design; or one industrial design and its variants differing from that industrial design by visually non-essential features and/or by color combination; or a group of industrial designs belonging to the same set of articles, as well as one or more industrial designs for separate articles belonging to the same set of articles. It is required that all industrial designs of the group shall belong to the same class of International Classification for Industrial Designs (Locarno classification). Under Clause 1 of Article 1352 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the essential features of an industrial design shall include features determining the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of the article, in particular, the shape, configuration, ornamentation, combination of colors, lines, contours of the article, texture or material of the article. The essential features of the external appearance are recognized as essential if they determine the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of an article, being dominant and determine the overall visual impression. The non-essential features of the external appearance include such slightly distinguishable and inexpressive features of the external appearance of an article, the exclusion of which from the set of the features of the external appearance does not lead to a change the overall visual impression (clause 72 of the Rules for the drafting, filing and examination of the documents, that are the basis for legally significant actions on the state registration of an industrial design). The claimed group of industrial designs includes: the industrial design 1: fig. 1.1-1.71.8; the industrial design 2: fig. 2.1-2.72.8; the industrial design 3: fig. 3.1-3.7; the industrial design 4: fig. 4.1-4.8; the industrial design 5: fig. 5.1-5.7; the industrial design 6: fig. 6.1-6.7; the industrial design 7: fig. 7.1-7.3. The claimed group of industrial designs does not meet the requirement of unity of the industrial design. Only one of the claimed industrial designs of this application can be considered.

Grounds for refusal. Under Clause 1 of Article 1377 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the application for grant of a patent for an industrial design shall be related to one industrial design or to a group of industrial designs associated with each other so closely as to form a single creative concept (the requirement of unity of the industrial design). This requirement is met where there is: one independent and distinct industrial design; or one industrial design and its variants differing from that industrial design by visually non-essential features and/or by color combination; or a group of industrial designs belonging to the same set of articles, as well as one or more industrial designs for separate articles belonging to the same set of articles. It is required that all industrial designs of the group shall belong to the same class of International Classification for Industrial Designs (Locarno classification). Under Clause 1 of Article 1352 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the essential features of an industrial design shall include features determining the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of the article, in particular, the shape, configuration, ornamentation, combination of colors, lines, contours of the article, texture or material of the article. The essential features of the external appearance are recognized as essential if they determine the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of an article, being dominant and determine the overall visual impression. The non-essential features of the external appearance include such slightly distinguishable and inexpressive features of the external appearance of an article, the exclusion of which from the set of the features of the external appearance does not lead to a change the overall visual impression (clause 72 of the Rules for the drafting, filing and examination of the documents, that are the basis for legally significant actions on the state registration of an industrial design). The claimed group of industrial designs includes: the industrial design 1: fig. 1.1-1.7; the industrial design 2: fig. 2.1-2.72.4. The claimed group of industrial designs does not meet the requirement of unity of the industrial design. Only one of the claimed industrial designs of this application can be considered.

Grounds for refusal. Under Clause 1 of Article 1377 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the application for grant of a patent for an industrial design shall be related to one industrial design or to a group of industrial designs associated with each other so closely as to form a single creative concept (the requirement of unity of the industrial design). This requirement is met where there is: one independent and distinct industrial design; or one industrial design and its variants differing from that industrial design by visually non-essential features and/or by color combination; or a group of industrial designs belonging to the same set of articles, as well as one or more industrial designs for separate articles belonging to the same set of articles. It is required that all industrial designs of the group shall belong to the same class of International Classification for Industrial Designs (Locarno classification). Under Clause 1 of Article 1352 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the essential features of an industrial design shall include features determining the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of the article, in particular, the shape, configuration, ornamentation, combination of colors, lines, contours of the article, texture or material of the article. The essential features of the external appearance are recognized as essential if they determine the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of an article, being dominant and determine the overall visual impression. The non-essential features of the external appearance include such slightly distinguishable and inexpressive features of the external appearance of an article, the exclusion of which from the set of the features of the external appearance does not lead to a change the overall visual impression (clause 72 of the Rules for the drafting, filing and examination of the documents, that are the basis for legally significant actions on the state registration of an industrial design). The claimed group of industrial designs includes: the industrial design 1: fig. 1.1-1.71.4; the industrial design 2: fig. 2.1-2.7. The claimed group of industrial designs does not meet the requirement of unity of 2.5; the industrial designdesign 3: fig. Only one of 3.1-3.5; the claimed industrial designs of this application can be considered.design 4: fig. 4.1-4.5; the industrial design 5: fig. 5.1-5.5; the industrial design 6: fig. 6.1-6.5; the industrial design 7: fig. 7.1-7.4; the industrial design 8: fig. 8.1-8.6; the industrial design 9: fig. 9.1-9.6;

Grounds for refusal. Under Clause 1 of Article 1377 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the application for grant of a patent for an industrial design shall be related to one industrial design or to a group of industrial designs associated with each other so closely as to form a single creative concept (the requirement of unity of the industrial design). This requirement is met where there is: one independent and distinct industrial design; or one industrial design and its variants differing from that industrial design by visually non-essential features and/or by color combination; or a group of industrial designs belonging to the same set of articles, as well as one or more industrial designs for separate articles belonging to the same set of articles. It is required that all industrial designs of the group shall belong to the same class of International Classification for Industrial Designs (Locarno classification). Under Clause 1 of Article 1352 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the essential features of an industrial design shall include features determining the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of the article, in particular, the shape, configuration, ornamentation, combination of colors, lines, contours of the article, texture or material of the article. The essential features of the external appearance are recognized as essential if they determine the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of an article, being dominant and determine the overall visual impression. The non-essential features of the external appearance include such slightly distinguishable and inexpressive features of the external appearance of an article, the exclusion of which from the set of the features of the external appearance does not lead to a change the overall visual impression (clause 72 of the Rules for the drafting, filing and examination of the documents, that are the basis for legally significant actions on the state registration of an industrial design). The claimed group of industrial designs includes: the industrial design 1: fig. 1.1-1.71.4; the industrial design 2: fig. 2.1-2.72.4; the industrial design 3: fig. 3.1-3.3; the industrial design 4: fig. 4.1-4.2; the industrial design 5: fig. 5.1-5.3; the industrial design 6: fig. 6.1-6.4. The claimed group of industrial designs does not meet the requirement of unity of the industrial design. Only one of the claimed industrial designs of this application can be considered.

Grounds for refusal. Under Clause 1 of Article 1377 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the application for grant of a patent for an industrial design shall be related to one industrial design or to a group of industrial designs associated with each other so closely as to form a single creative concept (the requirement of unity of the industrial design). This requirement is met where there is: one independent and distinct industrial design; or one industrial design and its variants differing from that industrial design by visually non-essential features and/or by color combination; or a group of industrial designs belonging to the same set of articles, as well as one or more industrial designs for separate articles belonging to the same set of articles. It is required that all industrial designs of the group shall belong to the same class of International Classification for Industrial Designs (Locarno classification). Under Clause 1 of Article 1352 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the essential features of an industrial design shall include features determining the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of the article, in particular, the shape, configuration, ornamentation, combination of colors, lines, contours of the article, texture or material of the article. The essential features of the external appearance are recognized as essential if they determine the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of an article, being dominant and determine the overall visual impression. The non-essential features of the external appearance include such slightly distinguishable and inexpressive features of the external appearance of an article, the exclusion of which from the set of the features of the external appearance does not lead to a change the overall visual impression (clause 72 of the Rules for the drafting, filing and examination of the documents, that are the basis for legally significant actions on the state registration of an industrial design). The claimed group of industrial designs includes: the industrial design 1: fig. 1.1-1.71; the industrial design 2: fig. 2.1-2.72; the industrial design 3: fig. 3; the industrial design 4: fig. 4; the industrial design 5: fig. 5; the industrial design 6: fig. 6; the industrial design 7: fig. 7; the industrial design 8: fig. 8. The claimed group of industrial designs does not meet the requirement of unity of the industrial design. Only one of the claimed industrial designs of this application can be considered.

Grounds for refusal. Under Clause 1 of Article 1377 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the application for grant of a patent for an industrial design shall be related to one industrial design or to a group of industrial designs associated with each other so closely as to form a single creative concept (the requirement of unity of the industrial design). This requirement is met where there is: one independent and distinct industrial design; or one industrial design and its variants differing from that industrial design by visually non-essential features and/or by color combination; or a group of industrial designs belonging to the same set of articles, as well as one or more industrial designs for separate articles belonging to the same set of articles. It is required that all industrial designs of the group shall belong to the same class of International Classification for Industrial Designs (Locarno classification). Under Clause 1 of Article 1352 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the essential features of an industrial design shall include features determining the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of the article, in particular, the shape, configuration, ornamentation, combination of colors, lines, contours of the article, texture or material of the article. The essential features of the external appearance are recognized as essential if they determine the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of an article, being dominant and determine the overall visual impression. The non-essential features of the external appearance include such slightly distinguishable and inexpressive features of the external appearance of an article, the exclusion of which from the set of the features of the external appearance does not lead to a change the overall visual impression (clause 72 of the Rules for the drafting, filing and examination of the documents, that are the basis for legally significant actions on the state registration of an industrial design). The claimed group of industrial designs includes: the industrial design 1: fig. 1.1-1.71; the industrial design 2: fig. 2.1-2.72; the industrial design 3: fig. 3; the industrial design 4: fig. 4. The claimed group of industrial designs does not meet the requirement of unity of the industrial design. Only one The following industrial designs of the claimed industrial designs of this application can be considered: the group of industrial designs 1 and 2 or the group of industrial designs 3 and 4.

Grounds for refusal. Under Clause 1 of Article 1377 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the application for grant of a patent for an industrial design shall be related to one industrial design or to a group of industrial designs associated with each other so closely as to form a single creative concept (the requirement of unity of the industrial design). This requirement is met where there is: one independent and distinct industrial design; or one industrial design and its variants differing from that industrial design by visually non-essential features and/or by color combination; or a group of industrial designs belonging to the same set of articles, as well as one or more industrial designs for separate articles belonging to the same set of articles. It is required that all industrial designs of the group shall belong to the same class of International Classification for Industrial Designs (Locarno classification). Under Clause 1 of Article 1352 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the essential features of an industrial design shall include features determining the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of the article, in particular, the shape, configuration, ornamentation, combination of colors, lines, contours of the article, texture or material of the article. The essential features of the external appearance are recognized as essential if they determine the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of an article, being dominant and determine the overall visual impression. The non-essential features of the external appearance include such slightly distinguishable and inexpressive features of the external appearance of an article, the exclusion of which from the set of the features of the external appearance does not lead to a change the overall visual impression (clause 72 of the Rules for the drafting, filing and examination of the documents, that are the basis for legally significant actions on the state registration of an industrial design). The claimed group of industrial designs includes: the industrial design 1: fig. 1.1-1.71.8; the industrial design 2: fig. 2.1-2.72.8; the industrial design 3: fig. 3.1-3.8. The claimed group of industrial designs does not meet the requirement of unity of the industrial design. Only one of the claimed industrial designs of this application can be considered.

Grounds for refusal. Under Clause 1 of Article 1377 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the application for grant of a patent for an industrial design shall be related to one industrial design or to a group of industrial designs associated with each other so closely as to form a single creative concept (the requirement of unity of the industrial design). This requirement is met where there is: one independent and distinct industrial design; or one industrial design and its variants differing from that industrial design by visually non-essential features and/or by color combination; or a group of industrial designs belonging to the same set of articles, as well as one or more industrial designs for separate articles belonging to the same set of articles. It is required that all industrial designs of the group shall belong to the same class of International Classification for Industrial Designs (Locarno classification). Under Clause 1 of Article 1352 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the essential features of an industrial design shall include features determining the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of the article, in particular, the shape, configuration, ornamentation, combination of colors, lines, contours of the article, texture or material of the article. The essential features of the external appearance are recognized as essential if they determine the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of an article, being dominant and determine the overall visual impression. The non-essential features of the external appearance include such slightly distinguishable and inexpressive features of the external appearance of an article, the exclusion of which from the set of the features of the external appearance does not lead to a change the overall visual impression (clause 72 of the Rules for the drafting, filing and examination of the documents, that are the basis for legally significant actions on the state registration of an industrial design). The claimed group of industrial designs includes: the industrial design 1: fig. 1.1-1.7; the industrial design 2: fig. 2.1-2.7. The claimed group of industrial designs does not meet the requirement of unity of ; the industrial designdesign 3: fig. Only one of 3.1-3.7; the claimed industrial designs of this application can be considered.design 4: fig. 4.1-4.8; the industrial design 5: fig. 5.1-5.7; the industrial design 6: fig. 6.1-6.7; the industrial design 7: fig. 7.1-7.7; the industrial design 8: fig. 8.1-8.7; the industrial design 9: fig. 9.1-9.7;

Grounds for refusal. Under Clause 1 of Article 1377 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the application for grant of a patent for an industrial design shall be related to one industrial design or to a group of industrial designs associated with each other so closely as to form a single creative concept (the requirement of unity of the industrial design). This requirement is met where there is: one independent and distinct industrial design; or one industrial design and its variants differing from that industrial design by visually non-essential features and/or by color combination; or a group of industrial designs belonging to the same set of articles, as well as one or more industrial designs for separate articles belonging to the same set of articles. It is required that all industrial designs of the group shall belong to the same class of International Classification for Industrial Designs (Locarno classification). Under Clause 1 of Article 1352 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the essential features of an industrial design shall include features determining the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of the article, in particular, the shape, configuration, ornamentation, combination of colors, lines, contours of the article, texture or material of the article. The essential features of the external appearance are recognized as essential if they determine the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of an article, being dominant and determine the overall visual impression. The non-essential features of the external appearance include such slightly distinguishable and inexpressive features of the external appearance of an article, the exclusion of which from the set of the features of the external appearance does not lead to a change the overall visual impression (clause 72 of the Rules for the drafting, filing and examination of the documents, that are the basis for legally significant actions on the state registration of an industrial design). The claimed group of industrial designs includes: the industrial design 1: fig. 1.1-1.71.3; the industrial design 2: fig. 2.1-2.72.3; the industrial design 3: fig. 3.1-3.3; the industrial design 4: fig. 4.1-4.3. The claimed group of industrial designs does not meet the requirement of unity of the industrial design. Only one of the claimed industrial designs of this application can be considered.

Grounds for refusal. Under Clause 1 of Article 1377 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the application for grant of a patent for an industrial design shall be related to one industrial design or to a group of industrial designs associated with each other so closely as to form a single creative concept (the requirement of unity of the industrial design). This requirement is met where there is: one independent and distinct industrial design; or one industrial design and its variants differing from that industrial design by visually non-essential features and/or by color combination; or a group of industrial designs belonging to the same set of articles, as well as one or more industrial designs for separate articles belonging to the same set of articles. It is required that all industrial designs of the group shall belong to the same class of International Classification for Industrial Designs (Locarno classification). Under Clause 1 of Article 1352 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the essential features of an industrial design shall include features determining the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of the article, in particular, the shape, configuration, ornamentation, combination of colors, lines, contours of the article, texture or material of the article. The essential features of the external appearance are recognized as essential if they determine the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of an article, being dominant and determine the overall visual impression. The non-essential features of the external appearance include such slightly distinguishable and inexpressive features of the external appearance of an article, the exclusion of which from the set of the features of the external appearance does not lead to a change the overall visual impression (clause 72 of the Rules for the drafting, filing and examination of the documents, that are the basis for legally significant actions on the state registration of an industrial design). The claimed group of industrial designs includes: the industrial design 1: fig. 1.1-1.71.6; the industrial design 2: fig. 2.1-2.72.6; the industrial design 3: fig. 3.1-3.6; the industrial design 4: fig. 4.1-4.6; the industrial design 5: fig. 5.1-5.6; the industrial design 6: fig. 6.1-6.6; the industrial design 7: fig. 7.1-7.6; the industrial design 8: fig. 8.1-8.6. The claimed group of industrial designs does not meet the requirement of unity of the industrial design. Only one of the claimed industrial designs of this application can be considered.

Grounds for refusal. Under Clause 1 of Article 1377 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the application for grant of a patent for an industrial design shall be related to one industrial design or to a group of industrial designs associated with each other so closely as to form a single creative concept (the requirement of unity of the industrial design). This requirement is met where there is: one independent and distinct industrial design; or one industrial design and its variants differing from that industrial design by visually non-essential features and/or by color combination; or a group of industrial designs belonging to the same set of articles, as well as one or more industrial designs for separate articles belonging to the same set of articles. It is required that all industrial designs of the group shall belong to the same class of International Classification for Industrial Designs (Locarno classification). Under Clause 1 of Article 1352 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the essential features of an industrial design shall include features determining the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of the article, in particular, the shape, configuration, ornamentation, combination of colors, lines, contours of the article, texture or material of the article. The essential features of the external appearance are recognized as essential if they determine the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of an article, being dominant and determine the overall visual impression. The non-essential features of the external appearance include such slightly distinguishable and inexpressive features of the external appearance of an article, the exclusion of which from the set of the features of the external appearance does not lead to a change the overall visual impression (clause 72 of the Rules for the drafting, filing and examination of the documents, that are the basis for legally significant actions on the state registration of an industrial design). The claimed group of industrial designs includes: the industrial design 1: fig. 1.1-1.71.13; the industrial design 2: fig. 2.1-2.72.9. The examination of the reproductions of the claimed industrial designs shows that the industrial design 1 contains three industrial designs: - the industrial design shown in the figures 1.1 - 1.9, 1.12, 1.13; - the industrial design shown in the figure 1.10; - the industrial design shown in the figure 1.11. The claimed group of industrial designs does not meet the requirement of unity of the industrial design. Only one of the claimed industrial designs of this application can be considered.

Grounds for refusal. Under Clause 1 of Article 1377 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the application for grant of a patent for an industrial design shall be related to one industrial design or to a group of industrial designs associated with each other so closely as to form a single creative concept (the requirement of unity of the industrial design). This requirement is met where there is: one independent and distinct industrial design; or one industrial design and its variants differing from that industrial design by visually non-essential features and/or by color combination; or a group of industrial designs belonging to the same set of articles, as well as one or more industrial designs for separate articles belonging to the same set of articles. It is required that all industrial designs of the group shall belong to the same class of International Classification for Industrial Designs (Locarno classification). Under Clause 1 of Article 1352 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the essential features of an industrial design shall include features determining the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of the article, in particular, the shape, configuration, ornamentation, combination of colors, lines, contours of the article, texture or material of the article. The essential features of the external appearance are recognized as essential if they determine the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of an article, being dominant and determine the overall visual impression. The non-essential features of the external appearance include such slightly distinguishable and inexpressive features of the external appearance of an article, the exclusion of which from the set of the features of the external appearance does not lead to a change the overall visual impression (clause 72 of the Rules for the drafting, filing and examination of the documents, that are the basis for legally significant actions on the state registration of an industrial design). The claimed group of industrial designs includes: the industrial design 1: fig. 1.1-1.71.4; the industrial design 2: fig. 2.1-2.72.3; the industrial design 3: fig. 3.1-3.2. The claimed group of industrial designs does not meet the requirement of unity of the industrial design. Only one of the claimed industrial designs of this application can be considered.

Grounds for refusal. Under Clause 1 of Article 1377 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the application for grant of a patent for an industrial design shall be related to one industrial design or to a group of industrial designs associated with each other so closely as to form a single creative concept (the requirement of unity of the industrial design). This requirement is met where there is: one independent and distinct industrial design; or one industrial design and its variants differing from that industrial design by visually non-essential features and/or by color combination; or a group of industrial designs belonging to the same set of articles, as well as one or more industrial designs for separate articles belonging to the same set of articles. It is required that all industrial designs of the group shall belong to the same class of International Classification for Industrial Designs (Locarno classification). Under Clause 1 of Article 1352 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the essential features of an industrial design shall include features determining the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of the article, in particular, the shape, configuration, ornamentation, combination of colors, lines, contours of the article, texture or material of the article. The essential features of the external appearance are recognized as essential if they determine the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of an article, being dominant and determine the overall visual impression. The non-essential features of the external appearance include such slightly distinguishable and inexpressive features of the external appearance of an article, the exclusion of which from the set of the features of the external appearance does not lead to a change the overall visual impression (clause 72 of the Rules for the drafting, filing and examination of the documents, that are the basis for legally significant actions on the state registration of an industrial design). The claimed group of industrial designs includes: the industrial design 1: fig. 1.1-1.71.6; the industrial design 2: fig. 2.1-2.72.6; the industrial design 3: fig. 3.1-3.6; the industrial design 4: fig. 4.1-4.6. The claimed group of industrial designs does not meet the requirement of unity of the industrial design. Only one The following industrial designs of the claimed industrial designs of this application can be considered: the group of industrial designs 1 and 2, or the group of industrial designs 3 and 4.

Grounds for refusal. Under Clause 1 of Article 1377 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the application for grant of a patent for an industrial design shall be related to one industrial design or to a group of industrial designs associated with each other so closely as to form a single creative concept (the requirement of unity of the industrial design). This requirement is met where there is: one independent and distinct industrial design; or one industrial design and its variants differing from that industrial design by visually non-essential features and/or by color combination; or a group of industrial designs belonging to the same set of articles, as well as one or more industrial designs for separate articles belonging to the same set of articles. It is required that all industrial designs of the group shall belong to the same class of International Classification for Industrial Designs (Locarno classification). Under Clause 1 of Article 1352 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the essential features of an industrial design shall include features determining the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of the article, in particular, the shape, configuration, ornamentation, combination of colors, lines, contours of the article, texture or material of the article. The essential features of the external appearance are recognized as essential if they determine the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of an article, being dominant and determine the overall visual impression. The non-essential features of the external appearance include such slightly distinguishable and inexpressive features of the external appearance of an article, the exclusion of which from the set of the features of the external appearance does not lead to a change the overall visual impression (clause 72 of the Rules for the drafting, filing and examination of the documents, that are the basis for legally significant actions on the state registration of an industrial design). The claimed group of industrial designs includes: the industrial design 1: fig. 1.1-1.71.3; the industrial design 2: fig. 2.1-2.72.5. The claimed group of industrial designs does not meet the requirement of unity of the industrial design. Only one of the claimed industrial designs of this application can be considered.

Grounds for refusal. Under Clause 1 of Article 1377 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the application for grant of a patent for an industrial design shall be related to one industrial design or to a group of industrial designs associated with each other so closely as to form a single creative concept (the requirement of unity of the industrial design). This requirement is met where there is: one independent and distinct industrial design; or one industrial design and its variants differing from that industrial design by visually non-essential features and/or by color combination; or a group of industrial designs belonging to the same set of articles, as well as one or more industrial designs for separate articles belonging to the same set of articles. It is required that all industrial designs of the group shall belong to the same class of International Classification for Industrial Designs (Locarno classification). Under Clause 1 of Article 1352 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the essential features of an industrial design shall include features determining the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of the article, in particular, the shape, configuration, ornamentation, combination of colors, lines, contours of the article, texture or material of the article. The essential features of the external appearance are recognized as essential if they determine the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of an article, being dominant and determine the overall visual impression. The non-essential features of the external appearance include such slightly distinguishable and inexpressive features of the external appearance of an article, the exclusion of which from the set of the features of the external appearance does not lead to a change the overall visual impression (clause 72 of the Rules for the drafting, filing and examination of the documents, that are the basis for legally significant actions on the state registration of an industrial design). The claimed group of industrial designs includes: the industrial design 1: fig. 1.1-1.71.5; the industrial design 2: fig. 2.1-2.7. The claimed group of industrial designs does not meet the requirement of unity of 2.5; the industrial designdesign 3: fig. Only one of 3.1-3.5; the claimed industrial designs of this application can be considered.design 4: fig. 4.1-4.5; the industrial design 5: fig. 5.1-5.5; the industrial design 6: fig. 6.1-6.5; the industrial design 7: fig. 7.1-7.5; the industrial design 8: fig. 8.1-8.5; the industrial design 9: fig. 9.1-9.5;

Grounds for refusal. Under Clause 1 of Article 1377 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the application for grant of a patent for an industrial design shall be related to one industrial design or to a group of industrial designs associated with each other so closely as to form a single creative concept (the requirement of unity of the industrial design). This requirement is met where there is: one independent and distinct industrial design; or one industrial design and its variants differing from that industrial design by visually non-essential features and/or by color combination; or a group of industrial designs belonging to the same set of articles, as well as one or more industrial designs for separate articles belonging to the same set of articles. It is required that all industrial designs of the group shall belong to the same class of International Classification for Industrial Designs (Locarno classification). Under Clause 1 of Article 1352 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the essential features of an industrial design shall include features determining the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of the article, in particular, the shape, configuration, ornamentation, combination of colors, lines, contours of the article, texture or material of the article. The essential features of the external appearance are recognized as essential if they determine the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of an article, being dominant and determine the overall visual impression. The non-essential features of the external appearance include such slightly distinguishable and inexpressive features of the external appearance of an article, the exclusion of which from the set of the features of the external appearance does not lead to a change the overall visual impression (clause 72 of the Rules for the drafting, filing and examination of the documents, that are the basis for legally significant actions on the state registration of an industrial design). The claimed group of industrial designs includes: the industrial design 1: fig. 1.1-1.71.5; the industrial design 2: fig. 2.1-2.72.5; the industrial design 3: fig. 3.1-3.5. The claimed group of industrial designs does not meet the requirement of unity of the industrial design. Only one of the claimed industrial designs of this application can be considered.

Grounds for refusal. Under Clause 1 of Article 1377 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the application for grant of a patent for an industrial design shall be related to one industrial design or to a group of industrial designs associated with each other so closely as to form a single creative concept (the requirement of unity of the industrial design). This requirement is met where there is: one independent and distinct industrial design; or one industrial design and its variants differing from that industrial design by visually non-essential features and/or by color combination; or a group of industrial designs belonging to the same set of articles, as well as one or more industrial designs for separate articles belonging to the same set of articles. It is required that all industrial designs of the group shall belong to the same class of International Classification for Industrial Designs (Locarno classification). Under Clause 1 of Article 1352 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the essential features of an industrial design shall include features determining the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of the article, in particular, the shape, configuration, ornamentation, combination of colors, lines, contours of the article, texture or material of the article. The essential features of the external appearance are recognized as essential if they determine the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of an article, being dominant and determine the overall visual impression. The non-essential features of the external appearance include such slightly distinguishable and inexpressive features of the external appearance of an article, the exclusion of which from the set of the features of the external appearance does not lead to a change the overall visual impression (clause 72 of the Rules for the drafting, filing and examination of the documents, that are the basis for legally significant actions on the state registration of an industrial design). The claimed group of industrial designs includes: the industrial design 1: fig. 1.1-1.71.10; the industrial design 2: fig. 2.1-2.72.12. The examination of the reproductions of the claimed industrial designs shows that the industrial design 2 contains three industrial designs: - the industrial design shown in the figures 2.1 - 2.8, 2.11, 2.12; - the industrial design shown in the figure 2.9; - the industrial design shown in the figure 2.10. The claimed group of industrial designs does not meet the requirement of unity of the industrial design. Only one of the claimed following industrial designs of this application can be considered: - the industrial design shown in the figures 1.1 - 1.10; - the industrial design shown in the figures 2.1 - 2.8, 2.11, 2.12; - the industrial design shown in the figure 2.9; - the industrial design shown in the figure 2.10. The reproductions represented in the figures 1.9, 1.10, 2.11 and 2.12 are perspective views of the front panel inside a wall, namely they show an example of usage of the claimed industrial designs and can be accepted only as references.

Grounds for refusal. Under Clause 1 of Article 1377 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the application for grant of a patent for an industrial design shall be related to one industrial design or to a group of industrial designs associated with each other so closely as to form a single creative concept (the requirement of unity of the industrial design). This requirement is met where there is: one independent and distinct industrial design; or one industrial design and its variants differing from that industrial design by visually non-essential features and/or by color combination; or a group of industrial designs belonging to the same set of articles, as well as one or more industrial designs for separate articles belonging to the same set of articles. It is required that all industrial designs of the group shall belong to the same class of International Classification for Industrial Designs (Locarno classification). Under Clause 1 of Article 1352 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the essential features of an industrial design shall include features determining the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of the article, in particular, the shape, configuration, ornamentation, combination of colors, lines, contours of the article, texture or material of the article. The essential features of the external appearance are recognized as essential if they determine the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of an article, being dominant and determine the overall visual impression. The non-essential features of the external appearance include such slightly distinguishable and inexpressive features of the external appearance of an article, the exclusion of which from the set of the features of the external appearance does not lead to a change the overall visual impression (clause 72 of the Rules for the drafting, filing and examination of the documents, that are the basis for legally significant actions on the state registration of an industrial design). The claimed group of industrial designs includes: the industrial design 1: fig. 1.1-1.71; the industrial design 2: fig. 2.1-2.72; the industrial design 3: fig. 3; the industrial design 4: fig. 4; the industrial design 5: fig. 5. The claimed group of industrial designs does not meet the requirement of unity of the industrial design. Only one of the claimed industrial designs of this application can be considered.

Grounds for refusal. Under Clause 1 of Article 1377 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the application for grant of a patent for an industrial design shall be related to one industrial design or to a group of industrial designs associated with each other so closely as to form a single creative concept (the requirement of unity of the industrial design). This requirement is met where there is: one independent and distinct industrial design; or one industrial design and its variants differing from that industrial design by visually non-essential features and/or by color combination; or a group of industrial designs belonging to the same set of articles, as well as one or more industrial designs for separate articles belonging to the same set of articles. It is required that all industrial designs of the group shall belong to the same class of International Classification for Industrial Designs (Locarno classification). Under Clause 1 of Article 1352 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the essential features of an industrial design shall include features determining the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of the article, in particular, the shape, configuration, ornamentation, combination of colors, lines, contours of the article, texture or material of the article. The essential features of the external appearance are recognized as essential if they determine the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of an article, being dominant and determine the overall visual impression. The non-essential features of the external appearance include such slightly distinguishable and inexpressive features of the external appearance of an article, the exclusion of which from the set of the features of the external appearance does not lead to a change the overall visual impression (clause 72 of the Rules for the drafting, filing and examination of the documents, that are the basis for legally significant actions on the state registration of an industrial design). The claimed group of industrial designs includes: the industrial design 1: fig. 1.1-1.71.3; the industrial design 2: fig. 2.1-2.72.3; the industrial design 3: fig. 3.1-3.3; the industrial design 4: fig. 4.1-4.3; the industrial design 5: fig. 5; the industrial design 6: fig. 6; the industrial design 7: fig. 7. The claimed group of industrial designs does not meet the requirement of unity of the industrial design. Only one of the claimed industrial designs of this application can be considered.

Grounds for refusal. Under Clause 1 of Article 1377 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the application for grant of a patent for an industrial design shall be related to one industrial design or to a group of industrial designs associated with each other so closely as to form a single creative concept (the requirement of unity of the industrial design). This requirement is met where there is: one independent and distinct industrial design; or one industrial design and its variants differing from that industrial design by visually non-essential features and/or by color combination; or a group of industrial designs belonging to the same set of articles, as well as one or more industrial designs for separate articles belonging to the same set of articles. It is required that all industrial designs of the group shall belong to the same class of International Classification for Industrial Designs (Locarno classification). Under Clause 1 of Article 1352 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the essential features of an industrial design shall include features determining the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of the article, in particular, the shape, configuration, ornamentation, combination of colors, lines, contours of the article, texture or material of the article. The essential features of the external appearance are recognized as essential if they determine the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of an article, being dominant and determine the overall visual impression. The non-essential features of the external appearance include such slightly distinguishable and inexpressive features of the external appearance of an article, the exclusion of which from the set of the features of the external appearance does not lead to a change the overall visual impression (clause 72 of the Rules for the drafting, filing and examination of the documents, that are the basis for legally significant actions on the state registration of an industrial design). The claimed group of industrial designs includes: the industrial design 1: fig. 1.1-1.7; the industrial design 2: fig. 2.1-2.7; the industrial design 3: fig. 3.1-3.7; the industrial design 4: fig. 4.1-4.7; the industrial design 5: fig. 5.1-5.7; the industrial design 6: fig. 6.1-6.7. The claimed group of industrial designs does not meet the requirement of unity of the industrial design. Only one of the claimed industrial designs of this application can be considered.

Grounds for refusal. Under Clause 1 of Article 1377 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the application for grant of a patent for an industrial design shall be related to one industrial design or to a group of industrial designs associated with each other so closely as to form a single creative concept (the requirement of unity of the industrial design). This requirement is met where there is: one independent and distinct industrial design; or one industrial design and its variants differing from that industrial design by visually non-essential features and/or by color combination; or a group of industrial designs belonging to the same set of articles, as well as one or more industrial designs for separate articles belonging to the same set of articles. It is required that all industrial designs of the group shall belong to the same class of International Classification for Industrial Designs (Locarno classification). Under Clause 1 of Article 1352 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the essential features of an industrial design shall include features determining the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of the article, in particular, the shape, configuration, ornamentation, combination of colors, lines, contours of the article, texture or material of the article. The essential features of the external appearance are recognized as essential if they determine the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of an article, being dominant and determine the overall visual impression. The non-essential features of the external appearance include such slightly distinguishable and inexpressive features of the external appearance of an article, the exclusion of which from the set of the features of the external appearance does not lead to a change the overall visual impression (clause 72 of the Rules for the drafting, filing and examination of the documents, that are the basis for legally significant actions on the state registration of an industrial design). The claimed group of industrial designs includes: the industrial design 1: fig. 1.1-1.71.4; the industrial design 2: fig. 2.1-2.72.4; the industrial design 3: fig. 3.1-3.4; the industrial design 4: fig. 4.1-4.2; the industrial design 5: fig. 5.1-5.2; the industrial design 6: fig. 6.1-6.2. The claimed group of industrial designs does not meet the requirement of unity of the industrial design. Only one of the claimed industrial designs of this application can be considered.

Grounds for refusal. Under Clause 1 of Article 1377 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the application for grant of a patent for an industrial design shall be related to one industrial design or to a group of industrial designs associated with each other so closely as to form a single creative concept (the requirement of unity of the industrial design). This requirement is met where there is: one independent and distinct industrial design; or one industrial design and its variants differing from that industrial design by visually non-essential features and/or by color combination; or a group of industrial designs belonging to the same set of articles, as well as one or more industrial designs for separate articles belonging to the same set of articles. It is required that all industrial designs of the group shall belong to the same class of International Classification for Industrial Designs (Locarno classification). Under Clause 1 of Article 1352 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the essential features of an industrial design shall include features determining the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of the article, in particular, the shape, configuration, ornamentation, combination of colors, lines, contours of the article, texture or material of the article. The essential features of the external appearance are recognized as essential if they determine the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of an article, being dominant and determine the overall visual impression. The non-essential features of the external appearance include such slightly distinguishable and inexpressive features of the external appearance of an article, the exclusion of which from the set of the features of the external appearance does not lead to a change the overall visual impression (clause 72 of the Rules for the drafting, filing and examination of the documents, that are the basis for legally significant actions on the state registration of an industrial design). The claimed group of industrial designs includes: the industrial design 1: fig. 1.1-1.7; the industrial design 2: fig. 2.1-2.7; the industrial design 3: fig. 3.1-3.7; the industrial design 4: fig. 4.1-4.7; the industrial design 5: fig. 5.1-5.7; the industrial design 6: fig. 6.1-6.7; the industrial design 7: fig. 7.1-7.7; the industrial design 8: fig. 8.1-8.7. The claimed group of industrial designs does not meet the requirement of unity of the industrial design. Only one of the claimed industrial designs of this application can be considered.

Grounds for refusal. Under Clause 1 of Article 1377 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the application for grant of a patent for an industrial design shall be related to one industrial design or to a group of industrial designs associated with each other so closely as to form a single creative concept (the requirement of unity of the industrial design). This requirement is met where there is: one independent and distinct industrial design; or one industrial design and its variants differing from that industrial design by visually non-essential features and/or by color combination; or a group of industrial designs belonging to the same set of articles, as well as one or more industrial designs for separate articles belonging to the same set of articles. It is required that all industrial designs of the group shall belong to the same class of International Classification for Industrial Designs (Locarno classification). Under Clause 1 of Article 1352 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the essential features of an industrial design shall include features determining the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of the article, in particular, the shape, configuration, ornamentation, combination of colors, lines, contours of the article, texture or material of the article. The essential features of the external appearance are recognized as essential if they determine the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of an article, being dominant and determine the overall visual impression. The non-essential features of the external appearance include such slightly distinguishable and inexpressive features of the external appearance of an article, the exclusion of which from the set of the features of the external appearance does not lead to a change the overall visual impression (clause 72 of the Rules for the drafting, filing and examination of the documents, that are the basis for legally significant actions on the state registration of an industrial design). The claimed group of industrial designs includes: the industrial design 1: fig. 1.1-1.71.3; the industrial design 2: fig. 2.1-2.72.4; the industrial design 3: fig. 3.1-3.4; the industrial design 4: fig. 4.1-4.3. The claimed group of industrial designs does not meet the requirement of unity of the industrial design. Only one of the claimed industrial designs of this application can be considered.

Grounds for refusal. Under Clause 1 of Article 1377 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the application for grant of a patent for an industrial design shall be related to one industrial design or to a group of industrial designs associated with each other so closely as to form a single creative concept (the requirement of unity of the industrial design). This requirement is met where there is: one independent and distinct industrial design; or one industrial design and its variants differing from that industrial design by visually non-essential features and/or by color combination; or a group of industrial designs belonging to the same set of articles, as well as one or more industrial designs for separate articles belonging to the same set of articles. It is required that all industrial designs of the group shall belong to the same class of International Classification for Industrial Designs (Locarno classification). Under Clause 1 of Article 1352 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the essential features of an industrial design shall include features determining the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of the article, in particular, the shape, configuration, ornamentation, combination of colors, lines, contours of the article, texture or material of the article. The essential features of the external appearance are recognized as essential if they determine the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of an article, being dominant and determine the overall visual impression. The non-essential features of the external appearance include such slightly distinguishable and inexpressive features of the external appearance of an article, the exclusion of which from the set of the features of the external appearance does not lead to a change the overall visual impression (clause 72 of the Rules for the drafting, filing and examination of the documents, that are the basis for legally significant actions on the state registration of an industrial design). The claimed group of industrial designs includes: the industrial design 1: fig. 1.1-1.71.9; the industrial design 2: fig. 2.1-2.72.9; the industrial design 3: fig. 3.1-3.9; the industrial design 4: fig. 4.1-4.9; the industrial design 5: fig. 5.1-5.9. The claimed group of industrial designs does not meet the requirement of unity of the industrial design. Only one of the claimed industrial designs of claimed in this application can be considered.

Grounds for refusal. Under Clause 1 of Article 1377 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the application for grant of a patent for an industrial design shall be related to one industrial design or to a group of industrial designs associated with each other so closely as to form a single creative concept (the requirement of unity of the industrial design). This requirement is met where there is: one independent and distinct industrial design; or one industrial design and its variants differing from that industrial design by visually non-essential features and/or by color combination; or a group of industrial designs belonging to the same set of articles, as well as one or more industrial designs for separate articles belonging to the same set of articles. It is required that all industrial designs of the group shall belong to the same class of International Classification for Industrial Designs (Locarno classification). Under Clause 1 of Article 1352 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the essential features of an industrial design shall include features determining the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of the article, in particular, the shape, configuration, ornamentation, combination of colors, lines, contours of the article, texture or material of the article. The essential features of the external appearance are recognized as essential if they determine the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of an article, being dominant and determine the overall visual impression. The non-essential features of the external appearance include such slightly distinguishable and inexpressive features of the external appearance of an article, the exclusion of which from the set of the features of the external appearance does not lead to a change the overall visual impression (clause 72 of the Rules for the drafting, filing and examination of the documents, that are the basis for legally significant actions on the state registration of an industrial design). The claimed group of industrial designs includes: the industrial design 1: fig. 1.1-1.7; the industrial design 2: fig. 2.1-2.72.6. The claimed group of industrial designs does not meet the requirement of unity of the industrial design. Only one of the claimed industrial designs of this application can be considered.

Grounds for refusal. Under Clause 1 of Article 1377 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the application for grant of a patent for an industrial design shall be related to one industrial design or to a group of industrial designs associated with each other so closely as to form a single creative concept (the requirement of unity of the industrial design). This requirement is met where there is: one independent and distinct industrial design; or one industrial design and its variants differing from that industrial design by visually non-essential features and/or by color combination; or a group of industrial designs belonging to the same set of articles, as well as one or more industrial designs for separate articles belonging to the same set of articles. It is required that all industrial designs of the group shall belong to the same class of International Classification for Industrial Designs (Locarno classification). Under Clause 1 of Article 1352 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the essential features of an industrial design shall include features determining the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of the article, in particular, the shape, configuration, ornamentation, combination of colors, lines, contours of the article, texture or material of the article. The essential features of the external appearance are recognized as essential if they determine the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of an article, being dominant and determine the overall visual impression. The non-essential features of the external appearance include such slightly distinguishable and inexpressive features of the external appearance of an article, the exclusion of which from the set of the features of the external appearance does not lead to a change the overall visual impression (clause 72 of the Rules for the drafting, filing and examination of the documents, that are the basis for legally significant actions on the state registration of an industrial design). The claimed group of industrial designs includes: the industrial design 1: fig. 1.1-1.7; the industrial design 2: fig. 2.1-2.72.8. The claimed group of industrial designs does not meet the requirement of unity of the industrial design. Only one of the claimed industrial designs of this application can be considered.

Grounds for refusal. Under Clause 1 of Article 1377 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the application for grant of a patent for an industrial design shall be related to one industrial design or to a group of industrial designs associated with each other so closely as to form a single creative concept (the requirement of unity of the industrial design). This requirement is met where there is: one independent and distinct industrial design; or one industrial design and its variants differing from that industrial design by visually non-essential features and/or by color combination; or a group of industrial designs belonging to the same set of articles, as well as one or more industrial designs for separate articles belonging to the same set of articles. It is required that all industrial designs of the group shall belong to the same class of International Classification for Industrial Designs (Locarno classification). Under Clause 1 of Article 1352 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the essential features of an industrial design shall include features determining the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of the article, in particular, the shape, configuration, ornamentation, combination of colors, lines, contours of the article, texture or material of the article. The essential features of the external appearance are recognized as essential if they determine the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of an article, being dominant and determine the overall visual impression. The non-essential features of the external appearance include such slightly distinguishable and inexpressive features of the external appearance of an article, the exclusion of which from the set of the features of the external appearance does not lead to a change the overall visual impression (clause 72 of the Rules for the drafting, filing and examination of the documents, that are the basis for legally significant actions on the state registration of an industrial design). The claimed group of industrial designs includes: the industrial design 1: fig. 1.1-1.71.8; the industrial design 2: fig. 2.1-2.7. The claimed group of industrial designs does not meet the requirement of unity of ; the industrial designdesign 3: fig. Only one of 3.1-3.7; the claimed industrial designs of this application can be considered.design 4: fig. 4.1-4.8; the industrial design 5: fig. 5.1-5.8; the industrial design 6: fig. 6.1-6.7; the industrial design 7: fig. 7.1-7.7; the industrial design 8: fig. 8.1-8.8; the industrial design 9: fig. 9.1-9.7;

Grounds for refusal. Under Clause 1 of Article 1377 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the application for grant of a patent for an industrial design shall be related to one industrial design or to a group of industrial designs associated with each other so closely as to form a single creative concept (the requirement of unity of the industrial design). This requirement is met where there is: one independent and distinct industrial design; or one industrial design and its variants differing from that industrial design by visually non-essential features and/or by color combination; or a group of industrial designs belonging to the same set of articles, as well as one or more industrial designs for separate articles belonging to the same set of articles. It is required that all industrial designs of the group shall belong to the same class of International Classification for Industrial Designs (Locarno classification). Under Clause 1 of Article 1352 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the essential features of an industrial design shall include features determining the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of the article, in particular, the shape, configuration, ornamentation, combination of colors, lines, contours of the article, texture or material of the article. The essential features of the external appearance are recognized as essential if they determine the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of an article, being dominant and determine the overall visual impression. The non-essential features of the external appearance include such slightly distinguishable and inexpressive features of the external appearance of an article, the exclusion of which from the set of the features of the external appearance does not lead to a change the overall visual impression (clause 72 of the Rules for the drafting, filing and examination of the documents, that are the basis for legally significant actions on the state registration of an industrial design). The industrial design shown in the figures 1.1-1.7 is represented in the international application. The examination of the reproductions of the claimed group of industrial designs includes: design shows that the industrial design 11 contains three independent industrial designs: fig. 1.1-1.7; - the industrial design 2: fig. 2.1shown in the figures 1.1-2.71.2; - the industrial design shown in the figures 1.3-1.4; - the industrial design shown in the figure 1.5. The claimed group of industrial designs does not meet the requirement of unity of the industrial design. Only one of the claimed above-mentioned industrial designs of this application can be considered. The reproductions represented in the figures 1.6, 1.7 were accepted as references.

Grounds for refusal. Under Clause 1 of Article 1377 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the application for grant of a patent for an industrial design shall be related to one industrial design or to a group of industrial designs associated with each other so closely as to form a single creative concept (the requirement of unity of the industrial design). This requirement is met where there is: one independent and distinct industrial design; or one industrial design and its variants differing from that industrial design by visually non-essential features and/or by color combination; or a group of industrial designs belonging to the same set of articles, as well as one or more industrial designs for separate articles belonging to the same set of articles. It is required that all industrial designs of the group shall belong to the same class of International Classification for Industrial Designs (Locarno classification). Under Clause 1 of Article 1352 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the essential features of an industrial design shall include features determining the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of the article, in particular, the shape, configuration, ornamentation, combination of colors, lines, contours of the article, texture or material of the article. The essential features of the external appearance are recognized as essential if they determine the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of an article, being dominant and determine the overall visual impression. The non-essential features of the external appearance include such slightly distinguishable and inexpressive features of the external appearance of an article, the exclusion of which from the set of the features of the external appearance does not lead to a change the overall visual impression (clause 72 of the Rules for the drafting, filing and examination of the documents, that are the basis for legally significant actions on the state registration of an industrial design). The claimed group of industrial designs includes: the industrial design 1: fig. 1.1-1.71.10; the industrial design 2: fig. 2.1-2.72.10; the industrial design 3: fig. 3.1-3.10. The claimed group of industrial designs does not meet the requirement of unity of the industrial design. Only one of the claimed industrial designs of this application can be considered.

Grounds for refusal. Under Clause 1 of Article 1377 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the application for grant of a patent for an industrial design shall be related to one industrial design or to a group of industrial designs associated with each other so closely as to form a single creative concept (the requirement of unity of the industrial design). This requirement is met where there is: one independent and distinct industrial design; or one industrial design and its variants differing from that industrial design by visually non-essential features and/or by color combination; or a group of industrial designs belonging to the same set of articles, as well as one or more industrial designs for separate articles belonging to the same set of articles. It is required that all industrial designs of the group shall belong to the same class of International Classification for Industrial Designs (Locarno classification). Under Clause 1 of Article 1352 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the essential features of an industrial design shall include features determining the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of the article, in particular, the shape, configuration, ornamentation, combination of colors, lines, contours of the article, texture or material of the article. The essential features of the external appearance are recognized as essential if they determine the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of an article, being dominant and determine the overall visual impression. The non-essential features of the external appearance include such slightly distinguishable and inexpressive features of the external appearance of an article, the exclusion of which from the set of the features of the external appearance does not lead to a change the overall visual impression (clause 72 of the Rules for the drafting, filing and examination of the documents, that are the basis for legally significant actions on the state registration of an industrial design). The claimed group of industrial designs includes: the industrial design 1: fig. 1.1-1.7; the industrial design 2: fig. 2.1-2.7; the industrial design 3: fig. 3.1-3.7; the industrial design 4: fig. 4.1-4.7; the industrial design 5: fig. 5.1-5.7; the industrial design 6: fig. 6.1-6.7; the industrial design 7: fig. 7.1-7.7. The claimed group of industrial designs does not meet the requirement of unity of the industrial design. Only one of the claimed industrial designs of this application can be considered.

Grounds for refusal. Under Clause 1 of Article 1377 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the application for grant of a patent for an industrial design shall be related to one industrial design or to a group of industrial designs associated with each other so closely as to form a single creative concept (the requirement of unity of the industrial design). This requirement is met where there is: one independent and distinct industrial design; or one industrial design and its variants differing from that industrial design by visually non-essential features and/or by color combination; or a group of industrial designs belonging to the same set of articles, as well as one or more industrial designs for separate articles belonging to the same set of articles. It is required that all industrial designs of the group shall belong to the same class of International Classification for Industrial Designs (Locarno classification). Under Clause 1 of Article 1352 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the essential features of an industrial design shall include features determining the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of the article, in particular, the shape, configuration, ornamentation, combination of colors, lines, contours of the article, texture or material of the article. The essential features of the external appearance are recognized as essential if they determine the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of an article, being dominant and determine the overall visual impression. The non-essential features of the external appearance include such slightly distinguishable and inexpressive features of the external appearance of an article, the exclusion of which from the set of the features of the external appearance does not lead to a change the overall visual impression (clause 72 of the Rules for the drafting, filing and examination of the documents, that are the basis for legally significant actions on the state registration of an industrial design). The claimed group of industrial designs includes: the industrial design 1: fig. 1.1-1.71.9; the industrial design 2: fig. 2.1-2.7. The claimed group of industrial designs does not meet the requirement of unity of 2.9; the industrial designdesign 3: fig. Only one of 3.1-3.10; the claimed industrial designs of this application can be considered.design 4: fig. 4.1-4.4; the industrial design 5: fig. 5.1-5.4; the industrial design 6: fig. 6.1-6.5; the industrial design 7: fig. 7.1-7.4; the industrial design 8: fig. 8; the industrial design 9: fig. 9;

Grounds for refusal. Under Clause 1 of Article 1377 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the application for grant of a patent for an industrial design shall be related to one industrial design or to a group of industrial designs associated with each other so closely as to form a single creative concept (the requirement of unity of the industrial design). This requirement is met where there is: one independent and distinct industrial design; or one industrial design and its variants differing from that industrial design by visually non-essential features and/or by color combination; or a group of industrial designs belonging to the same set of articles, as well as one or more industrial designs for separate articles belonging to the same set of articles. It is required that all industrial designs of the group shall belong to the same class of International Classification for Industrial Designs (Locarno classification). Under Clause 1 of Article 1352 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the essential features of an industrial design shall include features determining the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of the article, in particular, the shape, configuration, ornamentation, combination of colors, lines, contours of the article, texture or material of the article. The essential features of the external appearance are recognized as essential if they determine the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of an article, being dominant and determine the overall visual impression. The non-essential features of the external appearance include such slightly distinguishable and inexpressive features of the external appearance of an article, the exclusion of which from the set of the features of the external appearance does not lead to a change the overall visual impression (clause 72 of the Rules for the drafting, filing and examination of the documents, that are the basis for legally significant actions on the state registration of an industrial design). The claimed group of industrial designs includes: the industrial design 1: fig. 1.1-1.71; the industrial design 2: fig. 2.1-2.72; the industrial design 3: fig. 3; the industrial design 4: fig. 4. The claimed group of industrial designs does not meet the requirement of unity of the industrial design. Only one The following industrial designs of the claimed industrial designs of this application can be considered: the group of industrial designs 1 and 3 or the group of industrial designs 2 and 4.

Grounds for refusal. Under Clause 1 of Article 1377 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the application for grant of a patent for an industrial design shall be related to one industrial design or to a group of industrial designs associated with each other so closely as to form a single creative concept (the requirement of unity of the industrial design). This requirement is met where there is: one independent and distinct industrial design; or one industrial design and its variants differing from that industrial design by visually non-essential features and/or by color combination; or a group of industrial designs belonging to the same set of articles, as well as one or more industrial designs for separate articles belonging to the same set of articles. It is required that all industrial designs of the group shall belong to the same class of International Classification for Industrial Designs (Locarno classification). Under Clause 1 of Article 1352 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the essential features of an industrial design shall include features determining the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of the article, in particular, the shape, configuration, ornamentation, combination of colors, lines, contours of the article, texture or material of the article. The essential features of the external appearance are recognized as essential if they determine the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of an article, being dominant and determine the overall visual impression. The non-essential features of the external appearance include such slightly distinguishable and inexpressive features of the external appearance of an article, the exclusion of which from the set of the features of the external appearance does not lead to a change the overall visual impression (clause 72 of the Rules for the drafting, filing and examination of the documents, that are the basis for legally significant actions on the state registration of an industrial design). The claimed group of industrial designs includes: the industrial design 1: fig. 1.1-1.71.6; the industrial design 2: fig. 2.1-2.72.8; the industrial design 3: fig. 3.1-3.6. The claimed group of industrial designs does not meet the requirement of unity of the industrial design. Only one of the claimed industrial designs of claimed in this application can be considered.

Grounds for refusal. Under Clause 1 of Article 1377 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the application for grant of a patent for an industrial design shall be related to one industrial design or to a group of industrial designs associated with each other so closely as to form a single creative concept (the requirement of unity of the industrial design). This requirement is met where there is: one independent and distinct industrial design; or one industrial design and its variants differing from that industrial design by visually non-essential features and/or by color combination; or a group of industrial designs belonging to the same set of articles, as well as one or more industrial designs for separate articles belonging to the same set of articles. It is required that all industrial designs of the group shall belong to the same class of International Classification for Industrial Designs (Locarno classification). Under Clause 1 of Article 1352 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the essential features of an industrial design shall include features determining the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of the article, in particular, the shape, configuration, ornamentation, combination of colors, lines, contours of the article, texture or material of the article. The essential features of the external appearance are recognized as essential if they determine the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of an article, being dominant and determine the overall visual impression. The non-essential features of the external appearance include such slightly distinguishable and inexpressive features of the external appearance of an article, the exclusion of which from the set of the features of the external appearance does not lead to a change the overall visual impression (clause 72 of the Rules for the drafting, filing and examination of the documents, that are the basis for legally significant actions on the state registration of an industrial design). The claimed group of industrial designs includes: the industrial design 1: fig. 1.1-1.71.2; the industrial design 2: fig. 2.1-2.72.2; the industrial design 3: fig. 3.1-3.2; the industrial design 4: fig. 4.1-4.2; the industrial design 5: fig. 5.1-5.2; the industrial design 6: fig. 6.1-6.2; the industrial design 7: fig. 7.1-7.2; the industrial design 8: fig. 8.1-8.2. The claimed group of industrial designs does not meet the requirement of unity of the industrial design. Only one of the claimed industrial designs of this application can be considered.

Grounds for refusal. Under Clause 1 of Article 1377 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the application for grant of a patent for an industrial design shall be related to one industrial design or to a group of industrial designs associated with each other so closely as to form a single creative concept (the requirement of unity of the industrial design). This requirement is met where there is: one independent and distinct industrial design; or one industrial design and its variants differing from that industrial design by visually non-essential features and/or by color combination; or a group of industrial designs belonging to the same set of articles, as well as one or more industrial designs for separate articles belonging to the same set of articles. It is required that all industrial designs of the group shall belong to the same class of International Classification for Industrial Designs (Locarno classification). Under Clause 1 of Article 1352 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the essential features of an industrial design shall include features determining the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of the article, in particular, the shape, configuration, ornamentation, combination of colors, lines, contours of the article, texture or material of the article. The essential features of the external appearance are recognized as essential if they determine the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of an article, being dominant and determine the overall visual impression. The non-essential features of the external appearance include such slightly distinguishable and inexpressive features of the external appearance of an article, the exclusion of which from the set of the features of the external appearance does not lead to a change the overall visual impression (clause 72 of the Rules for the drafting, filing and examination of the documents, that are the basis for legally significant actions on the state registration of an industrial design). The claimed group of industrial designs includes: the industrial design 1: fig. 1.1-1.7; the industrial design 2: fig. 2.1-2.72.3; the industrial design 3: fig. 3.1-3.7; the industrial design 4: fig. 4.1-4.3; the industrial design 5: fig. 5.1-5.7; the industrial design 6: fig. 6.1-6.2; the industrial design 7: fig. 7.1-7.7; the industrial design 8: fig. 8.1-8.2; the industrial design 9: fig. 9.1-9.7. The claimed group of industrial designs does not meet the requirement of unity of the industrial design. Only one of the claimed industrial designs of this application can be considered.

Grounds for refusal. Under Clause 1 of Article 1377 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the application for grant of a patent for an industrial design shall be related to one industrial design or to a group of industrial designs associated with each other so closely as to form a single creative concept (the requirement of unity of the industrial design). This requirement is met where there is: one independent and distinct industrial design; or one industrial design and its variants differing from that industrial design by visually non-essential features and/or by color combination; or a group of industrial designs belonging to the same set of articles, as well as one or more industrial designs for separate articles belonging to the same set of articles. It is required that all industrial designs of the group shall belong to the same class of International Classification for Industrial Designs (Locarno classification). Under Clause 1 of Article 1352 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the essential features of an industrial design shall include features determining the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of the article, in particular, the shape, configuration, ornamentation, combination of colors, lines, contours of the article, texture or material of the article. The essential features of the external appearance are recognized as essential if they determine the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of an article, being dominant and determine the overall visual impression. The non-essential features of the external appearance include such slightly distinguishable and inexpressive features of the external appearance of an article, the exclusion of which from the set of the features of the external appearance does not lead to a change the overall visual impression (clause 72 of the Rules for the drafting, filing and examination of the documents, that are the basis for legally significant actions on the state registration of an industrial design). The examination of the reproductions of the claimed group of industrial designs includes: design shows that the industrial design 11 contains three industrial designs: fig. 1.1-1.7; - the industrial design 2: fig. 2.1-2.7shown in the figures 1.1 - 1.9; - the industrial design shown in the figure 1.10; - the industrial design shown in the figure 1.11. The claimed group of industrial designs does not meet the requirement of unity of the industrial design. Only one of the claimed above mentioned industrial designs of this application can be considered.

Grounds for refusal. Under Clause 1 of Article 1377 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the application for grant of a patent for an industrial design shall be related to one industrial design or to a group of industrial designs associated with each other so closely as to form a single creative concept (the requirement of unity of the industrial design). This requirement is met where there is: one independent and distinct industrial design; or one industrial design and its variants differing from that industrial design by visually non-essential features and/or by color combination; or a group of industrial designs belonging to the same set of articles, as well as one or more industrial designs for separate articles belonging to the same set of articles. It is required that all industrial designs of the group shall belong to the same class of International Classification for Industrial Designs (Locarno classification). Under Clause 1 of Article 1352 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the essential features of an industrial design shall include features determining the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of the article, in particular, the shape, configuration, ornamentation, combination of colors, lines, contours of the article, texture or material of the article. The essential features of the external appearance are recognized as essential if they determine the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of an article, being dominant and determine the overall visual impression. The non-essential features of the external appearance include such slightly distinguishable and inexpressive features of the external appearance of an article, the exclusion of which from the set of the features of the external appearance does not lead to a change the overall visual impression (clause 72 of the Rules for the drafting, filing and examination of the documents, that are the basis for legally significant actions on the state registration of an industrial design). The claimed group of industrial designs includes: the industrial design 1: fig. 1.1-1.71.8; the industrial design 2: fig. 2.1-2.72.8; the industrial design 3: fig. 3.1-3.8; the industrial design 4: fig. 4.1-4.7; the industrial design 5: fig. 5.1-5.7. The claimed group of industrial designs does not meet the requirement of unity of the industrial design. Only one of the claimed industrial designs of this application can be considered.

Grounds for refusal. Under Clause 1 of Article 1377 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the application for grant of a patent for an industrial design shall be related to one industrial design or to a group of industrial designs associated with each other so closely as to form a single creative concept (the requirement of unity of the industrial design). This requirement is met where there is: one independent and distinct industrial design; or one industrial design and its variants differing from that industrial design by visually non-essential features and/or by color combination; or a group of industrial designs belonging to the same set of articles, as well as one or more industrial designs for separate articles belonging to the same set of articles. It is required that all industrial designs of the group shall belong to the same class of International Classification for Industrial Designs (Locarno classification). Under Clause 1 of Article 1352 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the essential features of an industrial design shall include features determining the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of the article, in particular, the shape, configuration, ornamentation, combination of colors, lines, contours of the article, texture or material of the article. The essential features of the external appearance are recognized as essential if they determine the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of an article, being dominant and determine the overall visual impression. The non-essential features of the external appearance include such slightly distinguishable and inexpressive features of the external appearance of an article, the exclusion of which from the set of the features of the external appearance does not lead to a change the overall visual impression (clause 72 of the Rules for the drafting, filing and examination of the documents, that are the basis for legally significant actions on the state registration of an industrial design). The claimed group of industrial designs includes: the industrial design 1: fig. 1.1-1.71.2; the industrial design 2: fig. 2.1-2.72.2; the industrial design 3: fig. 3.1-3.2; the industrial design 4: fig. 4.1-4.2. The claimed group of industrial designs does not meet the requirement of unity of the industrial design. Only one of the claimed industrial designs of this application can be considered.

Grounds for refusal. Under Clause 1 of Article 1377 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the application for grant of a patent for an industrial design shall be related to one industrial design or to a group of industrial designs associated with each other so closely as to form a single creative concept (the requirement of unity of the industrial design). This requirement is met where there is: one independent and distinct industrial design; or one industrial design and its variants differing from that industrial design by visually non-essential features and/or by color combination; or a group of industrial designs belonging to the same set of articles, as well as one or more industrial designs for separate articles belonging to the same set of articles. It is required that all industrial designs of the group shall belong to the same class of International Classification for Industrial Designs (Locarno classification). Under Clause 1 of Article 1352 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the essential features of an industrial design shall include features determining the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of the article, in particular, the shape, configuration, ornamentation, combination of colors, lines, contours of the article, texture or material of the article. The essential features of the external appearance are recognized as essential if they determine the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of an article, being dominant and determine the overall visual impression. The non-essential features of the external appearance include such slightly distinguishable and inexpressive features of the external appearance of an article, the exclusion of which from the set of the features of the external appearance does not lead to a change the overall visual impression (clause 72 of the Rules for the drafting, filing and examination of the documents, that are the basis for legally significant actions on the state registration of an industrial design). The claimed group of industrial designs includes: the industrial design 1: fig. 1.1-1.7; the industrial design 2: fig. 2.1-2.7. The claimed group of industrial designs does not meet the requirement of unity of the industrial design. Only one of the claimed industrial designs of claimed in this application can be considered.

Grounds for refusal. Under Clause 1 of Article 1377 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the application for grant of a patent for an industrial design shall be related to one industrial design or to a group of industrial designs associated with each other so closely as to form a single creative concept (the requirement of unity of the industrial design). This requirement is met where there is: one independent and distinct industrial design; or one industrial design and its variants differing from that industrial design by visually non-essential features and/or by color combination; or a group of industrial designs belonging to the same set of articles, as well as one or more industrial designs for separate articles belonging to the same set of articles. It is required that all industrial designs of the group shall belong to the same class of International Classification for Industrial Designs (Locarno classification). Under Clause 1 of Article 1352 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the essential features of an industrial design shall include features determining the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of the article, in particular, the shape, configuration, ornamentation, combination of colors, lines, contours of the article, texture or material of the article. The essential features of the external appearance are recognized as essential if they determine the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of an article, being dominant and determine the overall visual impression. The non-essential features of the external appearance include such slightly distinguishable and inexpressive features of the external appearance of an article, the exclusion of which from the set of the features of the external appearance does not lead to a change the overall visual impression (clause 72 of the Rules for the drafting, filing and examination of the documents, that are the basis for legally significant actions on the state registration of an industrial design). The claimed group of industrial designs includes: the industrial design 1: fig. 1.1-1.71.8; the industrial design 2: fig. 2.1-2.72.8; the industrial design 3: fig. 3.1-3.8; the industrial design 4: fig. 4.1-4.8; the industrial design 5: fig. 5.1-5.8; the industrial design 6: fig. 6.1-6.8; the industrial design 7: fig. 7.1-7.7; the industrial design 8: fig. 8.1-8.7. The claimed group of industrial designs does not meet the requirement of unity of the industrial design. Only one The following industrial designs of the claimed industrial designs of this application can be considered: the group of industrial designs 1 and 3 or the group of industrial designs 2 and 4, or the group of industrial designs 5 and 6, or the group of industrial designs 7 and 8.

Grounds for refusal. Under Clause 1 of Article 1377 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the application for grant of a patent for an industrial design shall be related to one industrial design or to a group of industrial designs associated with each other so closely as to form a single creative concept (the requirement of unity of the industrial design). This requirement is met where there is: one independent and distinct industrial design; or one industrial design and its variants differing from that industrial design by visually non-essential features and/or by color combination; or a group of industrial designs belonging to the same set of articles, as well as one or more industrial designs for separate articles belonging to the same set of articles. It is required that all industrial designs of the group shall belong to the same class of International Classification for Industrial Designs (Locarno classification). Under Clause 1 of Article 1352 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the essential features of an industrial design shall include features determining the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of the article, in particular, the shape, configuration, ornamentation, combination of colors, lines, contours of the article, texture or material of the article. The essential features of the external appearance are recognized as essential if they determine the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of an article, being dominant and determine the overall visual impression. The non-essential features of the external appearance include such slightly distinguishable and inexpressive features of the external appearance of an article, the exclusion of which from the set of the features of the external appearance does not lead to a change the overall visual impression (clause 72 of the Rules for the drafting, filing and examination of the documents, that are the basis for legally significant actions on the state registration of an industrial design). The claimed group of industrial designs includes: the industrial design 1: fig. 1.1-1.7; the industrial design 2: fig. 2.1-2.7; the industrial design 3: fig. 3.1-3.7; the industrial design 4: fig. 4.1-4.7; the industrial design 5: fig. 5.1-5.7. The claimed group of industrial designs does not meet the requirement of unity of the industrial design. Only one of the claimed industrial designs of this application can be considered.

Grounds for refusal. Under Clause 1 of Article 1377 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the application for grant of a patent for an industrial design shall be related to one industrial design or to a group of industrial designs associated with each other so closely as to form a single creative concept (the requirement of unity of the industrial design). This requirement is met where there is: one independent and distinct industrial design; or one industrial design and its variants differing from that industrial design by visually non-essential features and/or by color combination; or a group of industrial designs belonging to the same set of articles, as well as one or more industrial designs for separate articles belonging to the same set of articles. It is required that all industrial designs of the group shall belong to the same class of International Classification for Industrial Designs (Locarno classification). Under Clause 1 of Article 1352 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the essential features of an industrial design shall include features determining the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of the article, in particular, the shape, configuration, ornamentation, combination of colors, lines, contours of the article, texture or material of the article. The essential features of the external appearance are recognized as essential if they determine the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of an article, being dominant and determine the overall visual impression. The non-essential features of the external appearance include such slightly distinguishable and inexpressive features of the external appearance of an article, the exclusion of which from the set of the features of the external appearance does not lead to a change the overall visual impression (clause 72 of the Rules for the drafting, filing and examination of the documents, that are the basis for legally significant actions on the state registration of an industrial design). The claimed group of industrial designs includes: the industrial design 1: fig. 1.1-1.71.6; the industrial design 2: fig. 2.1-2.72.4. The claimed group of industrial designs does not meet the requirement of unity of the industrial design. Only one of the claimed industrial designs of this application can be considered.

Grounds for refusal. Under Clause 1 of Article 1377 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the application for grant of a patent for an industrial design shall be related to one industrial design or to a group of industrial designs associated with each other so closely as to form a single creative concept (the requirement of unity of the industrial design). This requirement is met where there is: one independent and distinct industrial design; or one industrial design and its variants differing from that industrial design by visually non-essential features and/or by color combination; or a group of industrial designs belonging to the same set of articles, as well as one or more industrial designs for separate articles belonging to the same set of articles. It is required that all industrial designs of the group shall belong to the same class of International Classification for Industrial Designs (Locarno classification). Under Clause 1 of Article 1352 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the essential features of an industrial design shall include features determining the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of the article, in particular, the shape, configuration, ornamentation, combination of colors, lines, contours of the article, texture or material of the article. The essential features of the external appearance are recognized as essential if they determine the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of an article, being dominant and determine the overall visual impression. The non-essential features of the external appearance include such slightly distinguishable and inexpressive features of the external appearance of an article, the exclusion of which from the set of the features of the external appearance does not lead to a change the overall visual impression (clause 72 of the Rules for the drafting, filing and examination of the documents, that are the basis for legally significant actions on the state registration of an industrial design). The claimed group of industrial designs includesdesign 1 represented in the figures 1.1-1.28 in the international registration contains three industrial designs: the industrial design 1: fig. 1.1-1.71.7 (pair of Bluetooth earphones with a charging box); the industrial design 2: fig. 2.11.8-2.71.14 (Bluetooth earphone); the industrial design 3: fig. The claimed group 1.15-1.28 (earphone charging box). Under Clause 32 1) of the Requirements any article manufactured industrially or made by artisans is understood to be an article, and a separate part of a composite article intended for its assembling that can be dismantled without violating its integrity and reused for assembling a composite article is understood to be a component for assembling a composite article. Taking into account the above, Bluetooth earphone and the earphone charging box are indicated as independent industrial designs does not meet since they are components for assembling the requirement composite article (pair of unity of the industrial designBluetooth earphones with a charging box). Only one of the claimed above-mentioned industrial designs of this application can be considered.

Grounds for refusal. Under Clause 1 of Article 1377 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the application for grant of a patent for an industrial design shall be related to one industrial design or to a group of industrial designs associated with each other so closely as to form a single creative concept (the requirement of unity of the industrial design). This requirement is met where there is: one independent and distinct industrial design; or one industrial design and its variants differing from that industrial design by visually non-essential features and/or by color combination; or a group of industrial designs belonging to the same set of articles, as well as one or more industrial designs for separate articles belonging to the same set of articles. It is required that all industrial designs of the group shall belong to the same class of International Classification for Industrial Designs (Locarno classification). Under Clause 1 of Article 1352 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the essential features of an industrial design shall include features determining the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of the article, in particular, the shape, configuration, ornamentation, combination of colors, lines, contours of the article, texture or material of the article. The essential features of the external appearance are recognized as essential if they determine the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of an article, being dominant and determine the overall visual impression. The non-essential features of the external appearance include such slightly distinguishable and inexpressive features of the external appearance of an article, the exclusion of which from the set of the features of the external appearance does not lead to a change the overall visual impression (clause 72 of the Rules for the drafting, filing and examination of the documents, that are the basis for legally significant actions on the state registration of an industrial design). The claimed group of industrial designs includes: the industrial design 1: fig. 1.1-1.71; the industrial design 2: fig. 2.1-2.72; the industrial design 3: fig. 3; the industrial design 4: fig. 4. The claimed group of industrial designs does not meet the requirement of unity of the industrial design. Only one of the claimed industrial designs of this application can be considered.

Grounds for refusal. Under Clause 1 of Article 1377 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the application for grant of a patent for an industrial design shall be related to one industrial design or to a group of industrial designs associated with each other so closely as to form a single creative concept (the requirement of unity of the industrial design). This requirement is met where there is: one independent and distinct industrial design; or one industrial design and its variants differing from that industrial design by visually non-essential features and/or by color combination; or a group of industrial designs belonging to the same set of articles, as well as one or more industrial designs for separate articles belonging to the same set of articles. It is required that all industrial designs of the group shall belong to the same class of International Classification for Industrial Designs (Locarno classification). Under Clause 1 of Article 1352 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation the essential features of an industrial design shall include features determining the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of the article, in particular, the shape, configuration, ornamentation, combination of colors, lines, contours of the article, texture or material of the article. The essential features of the external appearance are recognized as essential if they determine the aesthetic characteristics of the external appearance of an article, being dominant and determine the overall visual impression. The non-essential features of the external appearance include such slightly distinguishable and inexpressive features of the external appearance of an article, the exclusion of which from the set of the features of the external appearance does not lead to a change the overall visual impression (clause 72 of the Rules for the drafting, filing and examination of the documents, that are the basis for legally significant actions on the state registration of an industrial design). The claimed group of industrial designs includes: the industrial design 1: fig. 1.1-1.71.3; the industrial design 2: fig. 2.1-2.7. The claimed group of industrial designs does not meet the requirement of unity of 2.3; the industrial designdesign 3: fig. Only one of 3.1-3.2; the claimed industrial designs of this application can be considered.design 4: fig. 4.1-4.2; the industrial design 5: fig. 5.1-5.2; the industrial design 6: fig. 6; the industrial design 7: fig. 7.1-7.2; the industrial design 8: fig. 8.1-8.2; the industrial design 9: fig. 9;