2. You can entrust a patent agency to apply for a design patent. Patent agencies are professionals who will apply to minimize defects, which will be of great help to the stability of patents in the future; You can apply yourself, but you must be very careful not to make mistakes, otherwise it will easily lead to irreparable mistakes. Design patents don't need instructions, that is to say, they don't need too much text description, but mainly use views (six-sided drawings) or photos to express your design products.
If you apply by yourself, the steps are as follows: a. Go to official website (China National Intellectual Property Administration website) to download the design requirements; B. Fill in all the required information according to the request, and then print out the drawings designed by yourself, with two copies of the request and two copies of the drawings attached, and mail them (registered mail) to China National Intellectual Property Administration or local (usually provincial) patent agencies. Remit the application fee to the account designated by China National Intellectual Property Administration, and indicate your application number.
It usually takes about 6 months to 8 months for a design patent to be authorized.
4. Generally, there is no substantive examination of design patents, so it is easier to authorize them. However, after June 5438+ 10 this year, it may be necessary to examine the design patent in substance, and it may not be so easy to authorize it then, but the design of the design is really novel and it is not difficult to apply.