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<p>A Guide to Filing
A Design Patent Application
United States Patent and Trademark Office
Washington, DC 20231
An Agency of the United States Department of Commerce
United States Patent and Trademark Office
A Guide To Filing A Design Patent Application
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A Guide to Filing
A Design Patent Application
n Definition of a Design. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
n Types of Designs and Modified Forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
n Difference Between Design and Utility Patents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
n Improper Subject Matter for Design Patents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
n Invention Development Organizations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
n Elements of a Design Patent Application. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
n The Preamble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
n The Title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
n The Figure Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
n A Single Claim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
n Drawings or Black & White Photographs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
n Color Drawings or Photographs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
n The Views. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
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