Design Patent Application
U.S. design patent application. 15 years of protection for novel industrial designs.
Unlike Utility Patents that protect the way an invention works or what it does, design patents protect how it looks.
It is not about patenting a design in itself, in the abstract; the design must be applied to some type of product in order to be patentable.
It may be, for example, the design of a desk, a pair of sunglasses, an electric juicer or a bottle. What is patented through this application is the design applied to the product and not the product itself. If your product also has a novel functionality and an original ornamental design, consider applying for both a design patent and a utility.
To be patentable, a design must be considered by the USPTO as Ornamental, Novel and Non-obvious. Read more about the conditions of Patentability in the U.S. before proceeding with your order. If you still have questions, we recommend requesting a Free quote or request a Patentability Study.
USPTO EXTRA COSTS
In addition to the flat fee for our professional services, you will need to cover these fixed fees required by the Patent Office:
Micro Entity
Small Entity
Large Entity
Filing Fee
$60
$120
$300
Search Fee
$60
$120
$300
Examination Fee
$140
$280
$700
Total:
$260
$520
$1,300
All these costs are required to apply for a Design Patent and are included in the final price you will see when selecting the entity type that applies to you.
CHOOSE THE OPTION THAT FITS YOUR NEEDS
Design Patent Types
Simple ($1,250)
Medium ($1,565)
Complex ($1,875)
Includes:
Includes:
Includes:
1 drawing
5 drawings
8 drawings
1 Claim
1 Claim
1 Claim
1 Embodiment**
2 Embodiments**
3 Embodiments**
No Coverage*
Coverage* $190
Coverage* $375
Notes: The included drawings are simple drawings.
Coverage does not apply to the initial USPTO costs detailed above.
See our prices for Additional Drawings.
MICRO, SMALL, OR LARGE ENTITY?
To qualify for the discounted prices, you must file a form with the USPTO stating the reasons and obtain Micro Entity or Small Entity status.
The criteria are as follows:
ME - Micro Entity:
Must qualify as a Small Entity
No inventor may have been named on more than 4 previously filed patent applications (not counting provisionals)
No inventor may have a gross income greater than $251,190 per year (unless employed by a U.S. public university)
They must not have assigned, or be obligated to assign, rights in the patent to entities that are not themselves micro entities.
SE - Small Entity:
The inventor is an individual (or individuals) who has not assigned, and is not obligated to assign, rights in the application to entities that are not themselves small entities.
or
The owner of the patent rights (in many cases the company that hired the inventor, or that acquired the rights through an assignment) is a small or medium-sized business with no more than 500 employees (including contractors)
or
The rights holder is a non-profit organization
LE - Large Entity:
The owner of the patent rights is a large company with more than 500 employees
**EMBODIMENTS
In patent law, an "embodiment" is a particular implementation or application of the invention, when there are several. It can also be considered a solution that the patent offers to a problem. In Utility patents, more than one embodiment will mean the need for more claims, more pages of specification and more drawings, which is why we do not charge for them separately. But in design patents, which have a single claim, more than one embodiment of the same design can be protected by the same claim, as long as all of them cover a single inventive concept. For this reason, multiple embodiments make the application more complex and determine the price of the package.