The circumstances under which a design patent will not be granted, as stipulated in Section 7.4 of Chapter 3 of Part I of the Examination Guidelines, mainly include the following related to graphical user interfaces:

-Designs consisting solely of geometric shapes and patterns commonplace within the product’s field. - Game interfaces and patterns displayed on display devices unrelated to human-computer interaction. For example, electronic screen wallpapers, power-on/off screens, and the text and graphic layout of website pages unrelated to human-computer interaction. -Partial designs that cannot form a relatively independent area or constitute a relatively complete design unit on the product.

                                                                                                  Source. www. cnipa.gov.cn