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Design patent example — Detail of an Issued Design Patent

Design patents are a type of patent issued under United States of America law. (Other locations have similar protections but they are called different things.) The patent is granted based on the unique appearance or concept of an item rather than its "usefulness". Design patents typically are sought for items where the appearance is as - or more - important than the underlying craftsmanship itself. So, things like jewelry, toys, furniture, car parts, etc. are frequently granted design patents.

Design patents have a life in the US of fourteen years from the date of issuance. Their main usefulness is as a supplement to copyright protections. Whereas someone claiming a copyright in a work can prevent actual copies being made, a design patent can more easily be used to prevent the unauthorized creation of similar items which are not actually copies. Neither protection is absolute, but some counsel believe that having both is important where even the hint of similar design is a threat to the value of the original design.

From 1978 through 1987, Paramount Pictures sought and obtained various design patents for Star Trek designs. There seem to have been no other filings after 1987, and Paramount's legal department instead probably feels comfortable with existing copyright protections.

In each instance of a design patent at least one "inventor" has to be listed. The inventor can never be the corporation, it has to be an individual or individuals. It is sometimes interesting to see who gets credit for what on the official documents.

Did You Know that in November 2003, the character of Crewman Cutler had to be removed from future storyboards of Star Trek: Enterprise because of actress Kellie Waymire's sudden death?

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1919: Sol Kaplan is born.

1930: Rhodes Reason is born.

1935: Herman Zimmerman is born.

1937: Elinor Donahue is born.

1939: Star Shulman is born.

1946: Mary Jo Slater is born.

1948: Thomas Knickerbocker is born.

1954: V.E. Mitchell and Tony Plana are born.

1959: Paul Nakauchi is born.

1960: Robert Tyler is born.

1961: Jimmy Romano is born.

1962: Andrea Dopaso is born.

1963: Tim Ransom is born.

1965: Tad Atkinson is born.

1967: First script draft for TOS: "Metamorphosis" is submitted.

1968: Story outline for TOS: "Spectre of the Gun", titled "The Last Gunfight", is re-dated to this date.; Ashley Judd is born.

1969: The Third UK Story Arc concludes in Joe 90: Top Secret #14 with the fourth of four installments.

1980: Charles Seel dies.

1981: Lisa Michelle Cornelius is born.

1988: The score for TNG: "We'll Always Have Paris" is recorded at Paramount Stage M, conducted by Ron Jones.

1989: Sixth day of filming on TNG: "The Emissary".

1991: Fourth day of filming on Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.

1993: Eighth day of filming on DS9: "In the Hands of the Prophets".; Sixth day of filming on TNG: "Descent".

1994: Sixteenth day of filming on Star Trek Generations.; Fourth day of filming on DS9: "The Jem'Hadar".

1995: Seventh day of filming on DS9: "The Adversary".

1996: Tenth day of filming on Star Trek: First Contact.

1999: Sixteenth day of filming on DS9: "What You Leave Behind".

2000: VOY: "Live Fast and Prosper" airs.

2001: George F. Slavin dies.

2012: Seventieth day of filming on Star Trek Into Darkness.

2016: Virginia Kearns dies.

2017: Brett Davidson and Janet Stout die.

Unspecified year: Kathryn Lyn is born.

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Film XII

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