Difference between design and utility patents

fandango · September 5, 2001, 7:43pm

So what’s the difference between design patents and utility patents?

micco · September 5, 2001, 8:08pm

Quoting from the URL below, a utility patent protects what something does and a design patent protects how something looks.

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