How to patent a design
May 1st, 2014 by Thomas J GerminarioA design is patented slightly differently than other patents as it is not identifying some new function or use of the patent, but rather a new design feature. Thus the application will rely more heavily on diagrams and drawings of the patent in question than other patents might. Unlike other patents, there is only a single claim of the invention – namely, that it has the novel design that the application as a whole claims it does. A specifications and description section of the patent might describe the patent design in more depth, but the pictures are ultimately the greatest proof in the case of design patents.