{"id":34,"date":"2012-09-02T21:34:23","date_gmt":"2012-09-02T21:34:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.howtopatentdesigns.com\/?p=34"},"modified":"2012-09-02T21:34:23","modified_gmt":"2012-09-02T21:34:23","slug":"what-is-a-design-patent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.howtopatentdesigns.com\/?p=34","title":{"rendered":"What Is A Design Patent?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are different categories of patents. Two of the main categories encompass utility patents and design patents. So what is a \u201cDesign Patent?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A Design Patent, on the other hand, protects the design or aesthetic aspects of an invention. Sometimes a utility and a design patent are both needed. For example suppose you have invented a more efficient engine. The mechanical components would be protected with a utility patent. Now suppose that you also invented a stylish console design for your new engine. The novel aspects of your new design would be protected with a design patent.<\/p>\n<p>It is best to get the opinion of a registered patent attorney regarding whether your invention is unique enough to qualify for patent protection. A patent attorney can also help you decide what type of patent protection should be obtained. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.protectaproduct.net\/html\/protection.html\">How to Design Patent<\/a> an idea may be worth considering. Design Patents are part of the panoply of legal vehicles that help to protect new ideas.<\/p>\n<p>United Patent Research is a research and development firm that <a href=\" http:\/\/unitedpatentresearchltd.tumblr.com\">reviews<\/a> lots of different ideas in lots of different product categories. They have a unique step-by step approach for fast tracking <a href=\"http:\/\/www.protectaproduct.net\/blog\">patented ideas<\/a> to industrialists and manufacturers.<\/p>\n<p>You can learn more about Design Patent protection and product promotion by visiting the web site for United Patent Research at www.unitedpatentresearch.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are different categories of patents. Two of the main categories encompass utility patents and design patents. So what is a \u201cDesign Patent?\u201d A Design Patent, on the other hand, protects the design or aesthetic aspects of an invention. Sometimes &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.howtopatentdesigns.com\/?p=34\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.howtopatentdesigns.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.howtopatentdesigns.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.howtopatentdesigns.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.howtopatentdesigns.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.howtopatentdesigns.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.howtopatentdesigns.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35,"href":"http:\/\/www.howtopatentdesigns.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34\/revisions\/35"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.howtopatentdesigns.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.howtopatentdesigns.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.howtopatentdesigns.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}