![]() Of course the “inventor” of a design patent - a slightly different form of intellectual property that protects the design and look of a product - is more often than not, the actual designer.įollowing up on Aaron’s post, I decided to put the names of some notable automotive designers into a patent search engine to see what I could find. However, before the digital age, an inventor had to hire someone skilled at technical drawing to produce the various exploded and see-through sketches needed to describe the “preferred embodiment” of a process patent. These days the United States Patent and Trademark Office, as well as patent offices around the world, accept digitally produced artwork. Years ago, I decided to check out some of Les Paul and Leo Fender’s original patents on their electric guitars and I discovered the artistry of patent drawings. Aaron Cole’s post about automotive patent art gladdened my heart. ![]()
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