What is included in a design application?
Design applications primarily consist of a number of illustrations that show the article that is the subject of the design. These illustrations will generally be in the form of line drawings and should include a sufficient number of views of the article (for example, a perspective view, a front view, a rear view, a top view, a bottom view, a side view, etc.) to accurately depict the features of the design. In some cases, photographs may also be acceptable. Features of an article that are not part of the design or only form part of the environment for the article may be disclaimed by showing those features in broken lines.
Design applications may also include one or more variants. Variants are designs that are very similar to each other and that are applied to the same article or a set. A set is defined as a number of articles of the same general character sold together or used to together and to which the design is applied (for example, a knife, a fork, and a spoon may form a set).