Materials to be submitted when applying for a patent for design.

Legal analysis: the patent request for design, pictures or photos (color pictures or photos shall be submitted if color protection is required) and a brief description of design in duplicate. If pictures are submitted, two copies shall be pictures; If photos are submitted, two copies are photos, and pictures or photos shall not be mixed.

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.