A design patent protects the ornamental appearance of a product — its shape, surface decoration, and visual features. Attorney-led drawings, drafting, and filing in one flat fee.
From $400 — flat professional fee, drawings included, quoted before any work.
Prior art searched
Landscape mapped
Filed
Claims drafted
Prosecuted to grant
Docket maintained
Trusted by founders and brands worldwide
How it works
A patent attorney reviews the product and identifies the protectable ornamental elements. We assess design-patent fit against trademark, copyright, and utility-patent options. If a design patent is not the right route, we say so before you pay anything.
Professional design drawings are prepared to office requirements — the standard set of views that define the claimed appearance. A registered practitioner drafts the specification to claim the design. Both are included in the flat fee.
We file the application and manage the administrative path through examination. Standard procedural responses are included. If international coverage is needed, the Hague international design route is scoped at intake.
What it costs
Pick where you're filing — the professional fee below is the live catalog price. Government fees and any translations are quoted separately and passed through at cost.
What's included
United States$850
flat professional fee (drawings included)
Government fees vary by jurisdiction and entity status and are passed through at cost with no markup. Hague international designs incur per-designation WIPO fees plus national-phase fees in each designated office.
Get started
Share your product's look and a patent attorney will confirm design-patent eligibility and email a flat-fee quote — no payment, no obligation.
Brand details
A name identifying your design
What type of design protection do you need?
Designs are territorial — select every country or region where you want protection. The Hague system can cover many at once; we will advise.
What type of product features this design?
Describe the visual appearance of your design
Why GTC
A design patent covers the ornamental appearance of a product — its shape, contour, and surface decoration. It sits beside utility patents, which protect how a product works, so the two can be filed together on one product.
Design applications usually move through examination more quickly than utility patents, because the claim is the drawings rather than a written set of technical claims. The office, not GTC, decides the outcome and the timing.
The Hague international design system lets you file one application that can reach major jurisdictions, rather than filing separately in each country. We scope the right route at intake.
Scoping, professional drawings, drafting, filing, and standard procedural responses are quoted as one flat professional fee per jurisdiction. Government fees are passed through at cost, with no markup.
Your Customer Success Team
Every GTC client gets a dedicated Account Manager and a Senior Account Manager who learn your business and stay with you from first email to final filing. They are named people who pick up the phone and already know your matter, so every step moves forward without delay.
Your day-to-day point of contact, who coordinates every matter, keeps things moving, and already knows your file. They have your full history, so you start every conversation where the last one left off.
Senior oversight on strategy and escalations, stepping in as your needs grow, so every important detail stays on track.
A named person, on email or a call, at every step.
How we compare
| What you get | GTC | Online filing services | Doing it yourself |
|---|---|---|---|
| Professional design drawings prepared in the flat fee | |||
| Specification drafted by a registered patent practitioner | |||
| Free scoping call to confirm design-patent fit first | |||
| Standard procedural office responses included | |||
| Hague international design route scoped at intake | |||
| Application filed with the patent office |
Professional design drawings prepared in the flat fee
Specification drafted by a registered patent practitioner
Free scoping call to confirm design-patent fit first
Standard procedural office responses included
Hague international design route scoped at intake
Application filed with the patent office
The timeline
Design patents move through the administrative path on their own schedule. Here is the typical sequence from scoping the design to a filed application — the patent office controls examination timing and the final decision.
We review the product, identify the protectable ornamental elements, and confirm design-patent fit against trademark, copyright, and utility options. You leave with a plan before paying anything.
Professional drawings of the standard views are prepared to office requirements and the specification is drafted to claim the design.
We file the application. If you need international coverage, the Hague international design application is filed in parallel — file before any public reveal to preserve novelty abroad.
Examination is typically faster than a utility patent. Standard procedural responses are included; the examiner decides the outcome and the timing.
In their words
One accountable team across every practice, operating since 2016.
Design patent FAQs
Design patent
Free 30-minute consultation. We review the product, scope the protectable design, and confirm the flat fee for your jurisdictions before any work begins.
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