Peter Loffler

Registered Patent Attorney

181 Eglin Parkway
Fort Walton Beach, FL 32548

ph: 850 217-6911

lofflerpatentlaw@live.com

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Design Patents

A design consists of the visual ornamental characteristics embodied in, or applied to, an article of manufacture. Since a design is manifested in appearance, the subject matter of a design patent application may relate to the configuration or shape of an article, to the surface ornamentation applied to an article, or to the combination of configuration and surface ornamentation. A design for surface ornamentation is inseparable from the article to which it is applied and cannot exist alone. It must be a definite pattern of surface ornamentation, applied to an article of manufacture.

Although design patent applications are substantially less expensive to prepare and file than utility patent applications, design patents are not appropriate for most inventions.

Please contact our office so that we can confidentially discuss these issues further.

508 East Government Street

Pensacola, FL 32502

(850) 438-2696

lofflerpatentlaw@live.com 

181 Eglin Parkway
Fort Walton Beach, FL 32548

ph: 850 217-6911

lofflerpatentlaw@live.com