Patents include invention patents, utility model patents and design patents.
Invention patents: You can apply for invention patents for products, methods or new technical solutions proposed by improvement, such as drug formulation, production and processing technology, control methods, software control flow, etc.
Patent for utility model: a new technical scheme suitable for practical use according to the shape, structure or combination of products. Such as the structure and circuit of a specific product. The protection object of utility model patent is only limited to products with a certain shape or structure.
Design patent: a new design with aesthetic feeling and suitable for industrial application, which aims at the shape, pattern or their combination of products and the combination of color and shape and pattern. Such as food packaging boxes and bags, jewelry shapes, etc. The design patent can be the three-dimensional modeling of the product, the surface pattern of the product, or the result of both.
Note: A specific visible product structure can apply for an invention patent or a utility model patent, but only an invention patent can be applied for the formula, technological process and control method, and the design patent only protects the product appearance, not the technical scheme.
Step 2, submit the patent technology disclosure materials and the applicant's qualification certification materials;
Appearance patent:
1. Provide the name (full name), address and postal code of the applicant; The name, address and postal code of the designer; Design the phone number, fax number and contact address of the contact person.
2. Provide pictures or photos of the design;
-Pictures or photographs refer to the six orthographic views of the design product (i.e. front view, back view, left view, right view, top view, bottom view and three-dimensional view). If the views are symmetrical, you can omit a view, but you need to explain it in words;
-The scale of the views in the above pictures or photos should be consistent, and the size of the pictures or photos should be between 3cm×8cm and 15cm×22cm;
-The background of the picture or photograph shall be monochrome, and there shall be no other articles or patterns irrelevant to this design;
-For designs requiring color protection, color pictures or photographs shall be submitted; I hope I can help you adopt it.