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Design: can I register the look of my product?
Design registration protects how a product looks, not how it works. It must be new, and it is lost if you show or sell the design before filing.
Check these points first.
Moderate complexity - several routes or missing facts
- Pictures of the product from every angle, and what is visually new about it.
- Every place and date it has been shown, sold or posted.
- Whether any shape is dictated purely by function.
Not sure whether this applies to your invention?
The honest answer usually needs someone to look at your actual disclosure, your timeline and the prior art. That is a conversation, not an article.