Category: Design Patent

Hi.  My name is Mark Trenner and I’m a patent attorney.  I started my law firm in 2004, that is over 10 years now that I’ve been helping individual inventors, start-ups, entrepreneurs and small businesses.  I’ve written hundreds of patent applications in the over 15 years I’ve been registered as

The difference between a design patent and a utility patent is that a design patent protects the ornamental design, appearance, or shape of the invention. This patent is appropriate when the basic product already exists in the marketplace and is not being improved upon in function but only in style