What is a Design Patent?
US design patent protection is offered for the novel and unobvious ornamental features of an article of manufacture. You can see some of the issued design patents obtained by our firm. The term for an issued US design patent is fourteen years from the date of issue.power supply children’s keyboard The typical sequence of steps for obtaining design patent protection in the US is as follows: • A design patent application is filed; • The application is examined; • There may or may not be one or more Office Actions; • If there is an Office Action, it must be responded to; • The USPTO mails a Notice of Allowance and Issue Fee Due; • The Issue Fee is paid; • The design patent is granted.
