How to apply for a design patent

1. Conditions for divisional application for design patent A divisional application for design refers to that the original application document for a design patent contains more than two designs, and the applicant separates one design from the original application and submits it as another new application for a design patent. A separate application for a new patent for design is a divisional application, and you can enjoy the original filing date. For the new divisional application, it shall be verified whether it meets the requirements of the following divisional application: (1) The filing date of the divisional application is two months from the date when the original patent application received the notice of granting the patent right, and before the expiration of the registration period, the original patent application was not rejected (or rejected but not yet effective), voluntarily withdrawn and not considered withdrawn; 2. The basic elements of obtaining the patent right of design are novelty and aesthetics. Novelty means that the design applied for patent is different from or similar to the design published in domestic and foreign publications before the application date; Is not the same as or similar to the design that has been publicly used in China before the filing date. Aesthetics refers to the design used in products, which can make people feel beautiful. The longest protection period of design patents in China is 10 year, while the longest protection period of invention-creation patents is 20 years. When applying for a patent for design, the applicant is required to provide a request, pictures or photographs corresponding to the design, and a brief explanation is also required. In addition, if the cost of remarriage slows down, you need to submit the corresponding application.