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[Music] thank you for joining us today in this episode of inventors quick tips well be talking about design patents what they are when to use them and when not to use them so what is a design patent when would we want one and when would we not want one a design pattern is a special type of patent that claims the appearance how something looks rather than the way it works the they have a term that lasts 15 years as compared with up to 20 years for a utility patent the design patent used to be 14 years but with recent changes in patent law they changed it to 15 years so you get an extra year there here is a design patent sample for a shoe with the larger picture you may recognize this as a croc which is a brand of shoes that you typically see in the summer time at the beach and the pools theyre made of rubber with lots of holes to keep your feet cool they have a distinctive look and crocs wanted to protect that look with the design pattern and thats when you want to use a design pate