A design patent:
A) has a duration of 14 years.
B) refers to ornamental designs for manufactured products.
C) requires a showing of novelty, ornamentality, and nonobviousness.
D) All of these are true of design patents.

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Design patents protect the ornamental design of a functional item and have a duration of 15 years for those filed on or after May 13, 2015 (14 years for those filed before this date). They indeed require novelty, ornamentality, and nonobviousness to be granted.

A Design Patent