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Most Common Design Patents 1842-2021

Patently-O

This time, I was able to go back to the 1840s and show the most-common design patent titles from each era. Thus, for example, the top-10 list shown for 2000 is actually the top-10 based upon the period 1987-2000. To make the chart, I used a 14 year rolling average.

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Recent Trends in Article of Manufacture of Design Claims: A Modern Digital Popularity Contest

JD Supra Law

Over the last 20 years, the total number of design patents issued per year in the United States has erupted. As illustrated in the graph below and further highlighted in this animated graph, in the 30 year period between the years 1971 and 2000 a total of nearly 219,000 design patents were issued by the….

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China: Design Patents and the Metaverse

IP Tech Blog

Are they protectable by design patents? In this post we will analyze the availability of design patents for digital commodities and how it compares with other Asian countries like Japan, South Korea and Singapore. In China, a GUI alone cannot be registered as a design patent. Section 4.4.2 2014)??(?)???2815?).

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China: Design Patents and the Metaverse

LexBlog IP

Are they protectable by design patents? In this post we will analyze the availability of design patents for digital commodities and how it compares with other Asian countries like Japan, South Korea and Singapore. In China, a GUI alone cannot be registered as a design patent. Section 4.4.2

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Registration and Protection Of Industrial Design In India

IP and Legal Filings

One of them is ‘Design’ which is a composition of colors, shapes patterns, etc which add value and attraction to the product. Designs are advantageous assets that can be protected only if registered under the Designs Act, 2000. PROTECTION OF DESIGN. REGISTRATION PROCESS OF DESIGN IN INDIA .

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Recent Trends in Article of Manufacture of Design Claims: A Modern Digital Popularity Contest

LexBlog IP

Over the last 20 years, the total number of design patents issued per year in the United States has erupted. As illustrated in the graph below and further highlighted in this animated graph, in the 30 year period between the years 1971 and 2000 a total of nearly 219,000 design patents were issued by the U.S.

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Prefiling Offer by Business Partner Dooms Patent

Patently-O

Design Patent No. D450,839 looks like a set of clown feet (image below), but, in actuality it covers “the ornamental design for a handle for introducer sheath” and is used as part of a medical catheter kit. The parties agree that the products described in the letter embody the design that was later patented.