I. Application
To apply for a patent for design, a brief description of the design shall be submitted.
Second, design.
The scope of protection of the patent right is based on the design of the product shown in the picture or photo, and the design of the product shown in the picture or photo can be explained by a brief description.
Three, a brief description should include the following contents:
1, the name of the design product. The product name in the brief description shall be consistent with the product name in the request.
2, the use of design products. The brief description should point out the purpose of helping to determine the product category. For products with multiple uses, the brief description should point out the multiple uses of the products.
3. Design points of appearance design. Design point refers to the shape, pattern and combination of products different from the existing design, or the combination of color and shape, pattern or parts. The description of design points should be concise.
4. Specify the pictures or photos that can best show the design points. Designated pictures or photographs are used to publish patent announcements.
In addition, the brief description should explain the following:
1, request color preservation or omit the view. If the design
Where a patent application requests protection of color, it shall be clearly stated in the brief description. Where an application for a patent for design omits a view, the applicant shall usually explain the specific reasons for omitting the view, such as symmetry or sameness; If it is difficult to specify, only one view can be specified to be omitted. For example, large equipment lacks a bottom view, which can be written as "omitted bottom view".
2. Where an application for a design patent is filed for a number of similar designs of the same product, one of them shall be designated as the basic design in the brief description.
3. For printed cloth, wallpaper and other flat products, if necessary, it should be described that the unit patterns in the flat products are continuous in two directions or in four directions and have infinite boundaries.
4. For slender articles, if necessary, the length of slender articles should be indicated by ellipsis.
5. If the design of the product adopts transparent materials or new materials with special visual effects, it should be explained in the brief description when necessary.
6. If the designed products belong to complete sets of products, the product name corresponding to each set of products shall be stated when necessary. The brief description shall not use commercial advertising language, nor shall it be used to explain the performance and internal structure of the product.