What are the stages of applying for a design patent?

1. Where a design patent is applied at the application stage, the patent application documents shall include: a request for a design patent, pictures or photographs. Where color protection is required, color pictures or photographs shall also be submitted in duplicate. 2. In the examination stage, China implements the preliminary examination system for the application for patent for design. During the preliminary examination, the examiner will issue a notice of correction to the formal problems in the application documents. 3. Authorization stage

(1) Authorization: After the first trial is passed, the examiner will issue a notice of granting the patent right. After receiving the notice of granting the patent right, the applicant needs to go through the following registration procedures: pay the patent registration fee, the annual fee for authorization, the printing fee for the announcement and the stamp duty on the patent certificate within the prescribed time limit.

(2) Issuance of certificates: The applicant can obtain a patent certificate after going through the registration formalities. This period of time is about 2-3 months.