On March 13, 2026, and effective immediately, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) published a notice of “Supplemental Guidance for Examination of Design Patent Applications Related to Computer-Generated Interfaces and Icons” in the Federal Register (“Supplemental Guidance”), with application to all design patent applications filed before, on, or after March 13, 2026. In short, the Supplemental Guidance establishes that when the title and claim identify a computer, computer system, or computer display panel as the article of manufacture, there is no longer a requirement to depict that article of manufacture in the drawing or drawings to ensure that a claimed design of a computer-generated interface or icon for that article of manufacture is patent-eligible subject matter. The Supplemental Guidance also opens the door for standalone design protection of projected, holographic, and virtual and augmented designs that appear on or are generated by an electronic device.