How to apply for a product design patent?

How to apply for patent protection for product design drawings? For this question, Bian Xiao of Bajie Intellectual Property answered it for you today: How to apply for a product design patent? What kind of patent should I apply for in product design? Product design drawings should apply for a patent for appearance design, which is a new design with aesthetic feeling and suitable for industrial application based on the shape, pattern or combination of color, shape and pattern of the product. You can apply for a design patent. How to apply for a design patent? 1. You can submit it directly to the Patent Office yourself. 2. Entrust a patent agency. Process: 1. Submit patent application documents (design documents include top view, bottom view, left view, right view, front view, back view and six front views of the product, and optional three-dimensional drawings and brief description of the product) and patent request (including invention name, applicant, inventor and related information, etc.). ) and the patent application fee paid to the patent office (that is, the formal fee paid to the patent office). From this, the application date and application number can be obtained, which is the only number examined by the patent office in the future. The formal admission notice will be issued within two weeks after the application date. 2, the patent office for examination, such as issuing a notice of examination opinions, requiring the applicant to reply within the prescribed time limit. After the examination is finally qualified, the patent office issues a notice of authorization, indicating that it agrees to authorize. 3. After the applicant carries out authorization registration, the patent authorization announcement takes effect and the patent certificate is obtained. 4. Design authorization is 5-6 months.