What is the application process of appearance patent?

What is the application process of appearance patent? There are three kinds of patent applications in China, namely, invention patent application, utility model patent application and appearance patent application. Among the patent applications, appearance patent application and utility model patent application are considered to be relatively easy to apply. The application time of the appearance patent application process is relatively short, and the patent application can be completed in the first half of the year, while the invention patent application takes two to three years. What is the application process of appearance patent? The application of appearance patent is mainly based on the appearance and color of the patent, which mainly reflects the aesthetic feeling in the appearance patent and belongs to the product design patent. Therefore, the application for design patent needs the corresponding product view as an important basis for examination. In fact, the application for a patent for appearance does not belong to the patent technology application, nor does the patent for appearance belong to the technical category in the strict sense, because people often refer to three kinds of patent applications as technical patent applications in their daily lives. The application for a patent for appearance needs to go through such a process: application, acceptance, examination, authorization and issuance. To apply for an appearance patent, it is necessary to process the six views and three-dimensional drawings of the product, and systematically search the prepared pictures in the patent database as a reference for applying for an appearance patent. Of course, the retrieval of appearance patents cannot be as accurate as practical patents, and the results are for reference only; However, patent retrieval is a very necessary and important process. Finally, talk about the way to apply for a patent. There are two ways to apply for a patent, one is the way for the patentee to apply for a patent himself, and the other is the way to apply for a patent through an agency. Which way is better to apply for a patent for appearance? It is generally suggested that it is more convenient to apply for a patent through an agency, because applying for a patent requires patent writing experience and has to deal with different patent processes. Non-patentees are at great risk of failure when applying for patents.