The following points should be noted for the picture requirements of design patents: the picture requirements of design patents are 1. In addition to taking photos, the design patent can also use the designed CAD pictures.
2. The drawing size is between 38cm and 1522cm.
Shadows or dotted lines can't appear on the picture, the picture background can only have one color, and there can't be other items on the picture except the required design.
In addition, no matter whether you submit pictures or photos, each view must be a front view. For component products with unique assembly relationship, the product view in the combined state shall be submitted; For parts products with no or unique assembly relationship, the view of each part shall be submitted, and the view name of each part shall be numbered in Arabic numeral order, and the part word shall be added before the number.
The applicant may submit a reference drawing, which is usually used to indicate the purpose, method or place of use of the product using the design.
For complete sets of products, each product should be numbered in Arabic numeral order before the view name, and the word "suite" should be added before the number.
For example, for the home view of the fourth suite in the complete product set, its view name is: Home View of Suite 4.
The procedure of applying for a patent for appearance is from patent application, acceptance, preliminary examination to authorization and certification. Generally speaking, the application for design patent will not exceed half a year, and the application procedure is relatively fastest. If the application for a patent for appearance is not duplicated with other patents, the success rate of the basic application is relatively high.