A partial design refers to a new design that is aesthetically pleasing and suitable for industrial application, involving the shape, pattern or their combination, and the combination of color with shape and pattern, of a part of a product.
Applications for protection of an inseparable part of a product should be submitted as a partial design. For example, “Carved backrest of a chair”.
1 Product Name
For a partial design patent application, the product name should mention the protected part and the overall product, such as “Door of a car” or “Camera of a mobile phone”.
Other requirements refer to Section 4.1.1 of Chapter 3 of this Part.
2 Pictures or Photographs of the Design
According to Article 30(2) of the Implementing Regulations of the Patent Law, applications for partial design patents should submit views of the entire product, indicating the content of the part to be protected either by a combination of dashed and solid lines or other methods.
The views of the entire product should clearly show the partial design to be protected by the patent and its position and proportion in relation to the entire product. If the part to be protected includes a three-dimensional shape, the views submitted should include ones that clearly show that part.
The submitted views should clearly distinguish
the part to be protected from other parts. When using a combination of dashed and solid lines to indicate the content of the part to be protected, solid lines represent the part to be protected, and dashed lines represent other parts. Other methods, such as covering non-protected parts with a single color semi-transparent layer, can also be used to indicate the content of the part to be protected. If there is no clear boundary line between the protected part and other parts, a dash-dot line should be used to indicate the boundary line.
Other requirements refer to Section 4.2 of Chapter 3 of this Part.
3 Brief Description
The brief description for a partial design patent application should comply with the following regulations:
(1) If the part to be protected is indicated by means other than a combination of dashed and solid lines, it should be mentioned in the brief description.
(2) If a dash-dot line is used to indicate the boundary line between the protected part and other parts, it should be mentioned in the brief description, if necessary.
(3) If necessary, the use of the protected part should be mentioned and correspond with the use reflected in the product name.
(4) The picture or photograph specified to best represent the design points should include the partial design to be protected.
Other requirements refer to Section 4.3 of Chapter 3 of this Part.
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