The documents to be submitted for patent application are as follows

Legal analysis: the applicant's identity certificate (if an individual applies for a copy of ID card, if the company applies for a copy of business license) and the designer's name (the designer can be the applicant, but the designer must be a natural person); Request for patent for design; Pictures or photographs in duplicate.

Legal basis: Article 27 of the Patent Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), when applying for a patent for design, documents such as a request, a picture or photograph of the design and a brief description of the design shall be submitted.

The relevant pictures or photographs submitted by the applicant shall clearly indicate the design of the product for which patent protection is required.