I am a graphic designer. I want to apply for a patent for practical packaging design recently. I don't know what conditions need to be met and what processes are needed. I just want to.
First of all, don't make it public before applying, otherwise you will be unable to obtain legal authorization because you lose your freshness. According to your description, I don't know the possibility of applying for authorization. According to your situation, you may want to apply for a patent for invention and utility model. The former is an early delayed examination system, while the latter is only for formal examinations. The protection period of invention patent is 20 years, and that of utility model is 10 year. Ordinary people can't afford to apply by themselves, but they can entrust a patent agent to apply. If the packaging design will achieve better results than the original packaging after the two kinds of packaging are combined, then we can think that such packaging design has advantages compared with the original packaging, and this design certainly has the opportunity to apply for a patent, but in your personal opinion, "So far, We haven't found the same one yet, which doesn't mean that there is no previous application of similar technology. If you plan to apply, you'd better do a patent search before applying to ensure the patentability of this design. If you need more detailed information, you can leave me a message. This is possible. You can definitely apply for a patent for appearance. Whether I can apply for a utility model patent remains to be confirmed, because I don't know much about this packaging. You can apply for it yourself or find an intermediary to do it. If you still don't understand, you can call me The phone number is the user name. Will the two original packages be designed together? Is the new design more unique or a simple combination of the two? And will the new design infringe on the intellectual property rights of others?