将材质纳入我国外观设计专利设计要素的可行性初探

Preliminary Analysis of the Feasibility of Incorporating the Material into the Design Elements of Design Patent in China

我国《专利法》第二条第四款规定:外观设计,是指对产品的形状、图案或者其结合以及色彩与形状、图案的结合所作出的富有美感并适于工业应用的新设计。根据规定,外观设计的构成要素为形状、图案和色彩。但在实际的产品设计和专利申请中,不同材质的选择会产生显著的视觉效果差异和美感体验,且目前欧盟、俄罗斯、法国的外观设计定义中,也将材质定义为设计要素。对于我国外观设计申请及专利现状而言,形状、图案、色彩三要素是否已经穷尽了对产品外观产生影响的所有因素呢?本文通过对外观设计产品中材质要素的分析,对将材质纳入外观设计专利设计要素的可行性进行了初步分析,并给出了相关建议。

Paragraph4of Article2of Patent Law of the People's Republic of China stipulates that design means any new design of the shape,the pattern,or their combination,or the combination of the color with shapes or pattern,of a product,which creates an aesthetic feeling and is fi t for industrial application.According to regulations,the design elements of design are shape,pattern,and color.However,in the actual design of product and application of patent,the different choices of material will produce signifi cant differences in visual effect and aesthetic experience.And currently,in the definitions of design of the European Union,Russia,and France,the material is also defi ned as one of the design elements.Regarding the status of China's design applications and patents,have the three elements of shape,pattern,and color exhausted all factors that affect the appearance of the product?In this paper,through the analysis of the material element in the design products,the preliminary analysis of the feasibility of incorporating the material into the design elements of design and some related suggestions are carried out.