How to apply for an appearance patent?
1. Patent Application for Appearance Patent Process-Acceptance-Preliminary Examination-Announcement-Authorization
2, the appearance patent documents to be submitted
(1) Request: including the name of the design patent, the name of the designer, the name and address of the applicant, etc.
② Design pictures or photos: at least two sets of pictures or photos (front view, back view, top view, bottom view, left view and right view), and provide three-dimensional views when necessary.
③ Design brief description: submit the design brief description when necessary.
If an enterprise applies for a patent for the outer packaging of a new product in time, it means that its design enjoys exclusive rights. Nowadays, consumers often choose some fashionable and beautiful products when buying products.
Imagine, if the product does not apply for a design patent, when consumers spend a lot of money to buy a product and find that other companies' products also have the same design, this will directly affect the brand's reputation and lead to a decline in sales. Moreover, when this plagiarism happened, there was no design patent, and there was no chance to even sue other companies for infringement. Therefore, before the product design is used for sale or exhibition, we should apply for a design patent to avoid the loss of the enterprise.
The above is about how to apply for a patent for the appearance of a product packaging box. It should be noted that after the revision of the new Patent Law in 2008, Article 25 of the Patent Law clearly pointed out that the types that are not granted patent rights include "designs that mainly mark patterns, colors or the combination of the two." If the features in your packaging design are not only patterns, colors or a combination of the two, nor are they mainly used for identification, then you can apply, otherwise, even the application will not be authorized.