How to File a Design Patent With Examples

How to File a Design Patent With Examples is shown below to give you an overview of how easy it is to file one. The cost is high because the USPTO has to search images.

A Deisgn Patent is different than a utility patent or a provisional patent. It covers what it looks like.. Not how it works.. It can be easily covered by simply drawing the views of the item so that anyone could recognize it. The cat figurine below is one such example.

They are SUPER EASY to do but expensive!

Design patents may be granted to anyone who invents a new, original, and ornamental design for an article of manufacture.

Here is a video…

See the USPTO website here for their instructions: http://www.uspto.gov/patents/resources/types/designapp.jsp#sample
Here are the fees from the USPTO: http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/ac/qs/ope/fee2009september15.htm#patapp

A design patent lasts for 14 years. Guys like CocaCola have a design patent on their logo. See the sample image below…
The design patent simply covers the shape and look of the photograph holder (by the way, it could also be a mirror so they missed that part!). Notice how the cat is a unique design and that they show every view. This is how to file a design patent with examples.

Here is the text of a design patent specification that you can use to file your own design patent.

Sample Specification

I, (Name)________________________________________________ have invented a new design for a (Title)_________________________________________________ as set forth in the following specification:

FIG. 1 is a _______________________ view of a __________________________ showing my new design;

FIG. 2 is a _______________________ view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a _______________________ view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a _______________________ view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a _______________________ view thereof; and

FIG. 6 is a _______________________ view thereof.

I claim: The ornamental design for a _________________________________________________ as shown.

They are VERY EASY ti fill out and file quickly.

How to File a Design Patent With Examples

Mostly folks REALLY want to file a utility patent to protect their inventive idea. The LEAST expensive way to do this is with the Provisional Patent Application with the USPOTO for just $125  Visit the Provisional Patent Video Course now.

Once filed you have the right to put Patent Pending when you file a provisional patent appliocation.

You will learn a bit about the new America Invents Act and what it means to you.

How to File a Design Patent With Examples

If you want to protect your inventive idea take a look at the Provisional Patent Video Course to see EXACTLY how you can file a Provisional Patent Application on your own or prepare to have your attorney do it for you after you PREPARE all you need from the course http://provisionalpatentvideo.com/

How to File a Design Patent With Examples

Want to file a Utility Patent on your own??

How to File a Design Patent

I will show you the difference between a Design Patent and a “normal” patent or a Utility patent as they are called.

Basically a Design Patent is where you want to protect a specific design of your inventive idea. It could be the shape of the front of a car, the design of a chair. It is how it looks. It can be represented by line drawings.

How to File a Design Patent will require that you search the design patent database for designs that are in your field of interest. The video below shows you how to do this…

How to File a Design Patent will allow you to determine if you REALLY want the design patent process. It is likely that you should actually apply for a Utility Patent that is described in the Provisional Patent Video Course that talks about the Provisional Patent Application process. In that you will see how to patent your idea.

Below is a graphic showing a design patent # D224567 for a stringed musical instrument that is a novel and unique and easily recognizable design.

How to File a Design Patent is also shown on the USPTO website and it is pretty darn expensive. The provisional patent application only costs $65 but the design patent application can cost $300 once you pay your filing fees, search fees as seen from the USPTO Fee Page. Refer to Micro Entity status!

 How to File a Design Patent is usually done to cover the “packaging” of a patent or patent pending idea so that when the device comes out not only the inventive idea has a Utility Patent or a Provisional Patent Application it will also have a design patent. This is very handy if you want to make a new novel wine cork removal system that also has recognizable DESIGN features. You might have a novel method to remove the cork as well as a very easily identifiable “Look”. Perhaps it looks like a bird or whatever…