What materials should I prepare to apply for a patent for appearance?

Application materials for appearance patent need to be prepared: patent application, product appearance view, and documents briefly explaining appearance. The submitted product appearance view needs to clearly show the product appearance. If applying for color protection, applicants need to submit color pictures.

legal ground

Detailed Rules for the Implementation of the Patent Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) Article 27 Where an applicant requests color protection, he shall submit color pictures or photographs. The applicant shall submit relevant pictures or photos on the contents that need to be protected for each design product. Article 15 Anyone who applies for a patent in written form shall submit the application documents in duplicate to the patent administration department of the State Council. To apply for a patent in other forms prescribed by the administrative department for patent in the State Council, the prescribed conditions shall be met. Where the applicant entrusts a patent agency to apply for a patent and handle other patent affairs with the patent administration department of the State Council, it shall also submit a power of attorney, indicating the authorization authority. If there are more than two applicants who have not entrusted a patent agency, unless otherwise stipulated in the request, the first applicant specified in the request shall be the representative.