Announcement of granted IP for BTST pens: China utility model ZL 2024 2 2179947.5 (publication CN 223045456 U), China design patent ZL 2024 3 0566336.9 (publication CN 309289289 S), EU Registered Community Designs 015074738-0001/-0002 and 015086258-0001, and Japan design registration no. 1799449. Holder: Nakayama Precision Metallic Products (Shen Zhen) Co., Ltd. Keywords: pen patent, utility model, design patent, EU design registration, Japan design registration.
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Structure and Design Registered in China, the EU and Japan

2026-10-11Editorial

Utility model, design patent, EU Registered Community Design and Japan design registration — all granted and publicly verifiable.

Structure and Design Registered in China, the EU and Japan

We protect the structure and appearance of the pen bay through intellectual-property rights, and those rights are now granted in China, the EU and Japan. Every registration below is publicly verifiable in the relevant official database.

China · Utility model patent
Title: A portable pen holder and pen (一种便携式笔套及笔). Patent no. ZL 2024 2 2179947.5. Grant publication no. CN 223045456 U. Granted 1 July 2025.

China · Design patent
Title: Pen holder (笔套). Patent no. ZL 2024 3 0566336.9. Grant publication no. CN 309289289 S. Granted 13 May 2025.

EU · Registered Community Design
Registrations 015074738-0001 and 015074738-0002 (pen holder), and 015086258-0001 (pen).

Japan · Design registration (意匠登録)
Registration no. 1799449 (ペンカバー). Registered 16 May 2025.

Why utility model plus design, not invention patent

A Chinese utility model protects the structure of a product; a design patent protects its appearance. For a hardware product like the pen bay, where the novelty lies in how the parts fit together rather than in a new material or method, structure and appearance are precisely what competitors will copy. Both are therefore registered, in both jurisdictions where the pen is manufactured and sold.

What this means for buyers

For procurement teams, registrations mean the design origin is traceable and its originality is verifiable — useful when you need to demonstrate to your own customers or compliance team that the product is not a copy. For cross-border distribution, rights covering China, the EU and Japan reduce the risk of imitation and resale by third parties in your main export markets.

How to verify independently

You do not need to rely on us to check these. Chinese patents can be looked up by number in the China National Intellectual Property Administration database; EU designs in the DesignView database of the European Union Intellectual Property Office; Japanese design registrations through the Japan Patent Office's Design Search. Use the numbers listed above as-is.