Industrial Design Patent Drawings

What is a Design Patent or Industrial Design?

If an invention is

•a new, original, and

•ornamental design embodied in or applied to an article of manufacture.

It is referred to as Industrial Design or Design Patent

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It generally permits its owner to exclude others from making, using, or selling the invention for a period of up to fifteen years from the date of a patent granted. No maintenance fees are required for design patents