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!

This is what it will cost from the USPTO as of 2012..

http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/ac/qs/ope/fee092611.htm

Overview…

$125 for Design Application Basic Filing Fee

$60 for the Design Search Fee

$80 for the Design Examination Fee

$495 for the Design Issue Fee

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/