Design patent

Apply for a design patent.

Apply to protect the appearance of your product.

When your product’s appearance helps it stand out, a design patent can help you protect that investment. It protects the visual design shown in your patent and can give you a way to act against competing products with substantially similar designs.

It can be especially useful when your product’s shape, surface details, or overall appearance are part of why customers choose it.

For creators seeking protection for one product design, with consistent photos or CAD materials available to prepare the drawings.

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A simple first step

Let’s get started.

A free 15-minute conversation with me about your goals and next steps.

Prefer email? parth@searchlight.law

No payment required. An inquiry does not create an attorney-client relationship or accept a deadline.

A clear scope comes first

Choose the support that suits you.

Compare the work included in each package below. I confirm your project’s scope, fixed fee, and delivery date by email before engagement.

Included in every package

One design for one product
Attorney direction of the appearance claimed and a standard set of formal drawings
One consolidated drawing-review round
Application preparation, your approval, U.S. filing, and verified receipt

What is not included

A design or patentability search
Protection for how the product functions
Additional designs, foreign filings, or later examination responses

Essentials

$899

Professional fee

+ $260 government fees at filing^*

*Assuming micro-entity eligibility. Additional and later fees are separate.

One design, prepared and filed with email support.

Review of the product materials and claimed appearance
A complete standard drawing set from your consistent photos or CAD
Application preparation and substantive attorney review
One consolidated drawing-review round
Your approval, filing, and verified receipt

Before you engage: I confirm the drawing set and standard-matter fit before engagement. Corrections to my work or my drawing provider’s work do not use your revision allowance.

Ask about Essentials

Guided

$1,149

Professional fee

+ $260 government fees at filing^*

*Assuming micro-entity eligibility. Additional and later fees are separate.

The same design application, with a live discussion.

Everything in Essentials
30 minutes of consultation about the product appearance and drawings

Before you engage: The consultation covers the agreed product design and drawing set.

Ask about Guided

Government fees: Government filing fees are separate from the professional fee. Eligibility for any reduced fee needs review.

Drawings & optional charges:A standard drawing set from consistent photos or CAD is included. The required views are confirmed in your quote. Complex reconstruction, extensive illustration work, or additional designs may require a different quote before engagement.

Looking ahead

What comes next?

The patent office examines the design application. Any later response work is separately scoped and priced, with correspondence and deadline responsibilities confirmed in writing.

Service fit, conflicts, scope, and engagement are handled personally before substantive work begins.

Questions about this service.

Can I protect both appearance and function?

Utility and design applications address different aspects of a product. Whether either or both are appropriate needs individual assessment.

Why do the drawings matter?

The drawings define the appearance shown in the design application. The views and scope need careful review before filing. A necessary view will not be omitted just to meet a figure count.

Protect your design.

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