Which is better, patenting every major component of a product or patenting the product as a whole?

The better option for patenting a product is to, Patent “the product along with its major components that are novel and non-obvious”. Further, if the product DESIGN is unique then patenting the product design is more advantageous than only patenting the product and major components alone.
More specifically, when we are trying to patent only the product as a whole without claiming [i.e. patenting] its major components, either it may get rejected by the examiner for its obviousness or any other person can work around the product with the component we already know or can make improvements in the known components.
Therefore, identifying the patentable nature of the product or its components, determining the potential scenario to protect the invention like, whether to protect the invention under Utility or Design, and to protect the brands of the invention under Trademarks is the major decision an entity or inventors has to make. In which Einfolge can help you all the way from guiding to protecting your invention with customized services.
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