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Filing Requirements for Design Application in China

1. Name, address and nationality of applicant(s).
2. Name of designer(s).
3. Information on priority claimed: the filing date, filing number and the country in which the application was filed (if applicable)
4. Specification and Drawings:
    Specification: Name, use, and essential part of the design, color to be protected, basic design for corresponding application
    Drawings or photographs of the design (min. 3cmx8cm, max. 15cmx22cm)
5. Executed Power of attorney, which can be submitted later.
6. Certified copy of the prior application (if applicable), which can be submitted within three months from the Chinese filing date.
7. Original, or certified or notarized copy of the assignment between the applicants in the prior application and the applicants in the Chinese application if they are different, which shall be submitted within three months from the Chinese filing date. 
    An application for a patent for design shall be limited to one design. Two or more similar designs for the same product or two or more designs incorporated in products belonging to the same class and are sold or used in sets may be filed as one application.


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