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A key difference between a utility patent and a design patent is that the design patent, like a trademark, does not expire.
by tinus_hn 4y ago
A key difference between a utility patent and a design patent is that the design patent, like a trademark, does not expire.
- jeremyjh 4y agoThat is not true; a design patent from 1995 would have had a fourteen year life. https://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/s1505.html https://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/s1505.html
- tinus_hn 4y agoI see, I don’t know why but I was under the impression they were infinite but they apparently are not.