SPECIAL DESIGNS OR PICTURES

**Definition:** This place covers:

Special designs or pictures produced by creating an effect or product meant to be judged by eye, whereby human emotions or intellect may be affected.

Designs are arrangements or patterns of elements or features of an artistic or decorative work, e.g. an ornamental pattern.

Pictures are visual representations or images of a subject or scene (e.g. a person, object or landscape) projected, painted, drawn or otherwise produced upon a surface.

The designs or pictures are characterised as special by particular technical features used to create the patterns or images or by characteristic features of patterns or images which provide the special effects, especially:

designs or pictures characterised by special or unusual light effects, e.g. produced by reflected or transmitted light, or characterised by colour effects;

designs characterised by outlines or by irregular areas, e.g. mottled patterns;

designs imitating three-dimensional effects, natural patterns or artistic work.

This subclass also covers processes for creating such designs or pictures insofar as they are not covered by other places.

**Limiting references (this place does not cover):** - Advertising or display means using special optical effects -> G09F19/12

**Glossary:** - Design: The arrangement or pattern of elements or features of an artistic or decorative work, especially for producing an effect or product meant to be judged by eye, whereby human emotions or intellect may be influenced or affected. - Picture: A visual representation or image of a subject or scene (e.g. a person, object or landscape) projected, painted, drawn or otherwise produced upon surface