A patentable design shall not be an existing design, and no entity or individual shall have filed an application for the same design before the filing date that is recorded in a patent document published afterward.
A patentable design shall be clearly distinguishable from an existing design or a combination of existing design features.
It shall not conflict with another person’s lawful rights acquired before the filing date.
Existing design means a design known to the public in China or abroad before the filing date.