In some countries, it is enough to prepare only one or two drawings for filing a design patent application.
That’s why I sometimes receive a request for filing a new design patent application in Japan from my foreign client with only one or two drawings to show a design.
However, it’s not sufficient in most cases in Japan.
In principle, it is required to file a set of orthographic drawings which include the followings:
- Front view
- Rear view
- Left-side view
- Right-side view
- Top-view
- Bottom-view
Furthermore, all of the drawings must be shown by the same scale.
In the light of the above, you should make the above six drawings at least before filing a design patent application in Japan if you are interested in obtaining a design patent there as well as in your country.
コメントを残す