There is one question on design patent application in China, what do the essential features in the brief description of the design application refer to?

Answer:

According to the rules of the Guidelines of Patent Examination, the essential features mean that the shape, pattern or their combination, or the combination of the color with shape or pattern, or the position, which is different from prior design. The description of the essential features shall be compendious.

<A simple example for the essential feature>

The essential feature of this design is the shape of the product.