In re Richfield Oil Co.

The Examiner of Trade-marks in the United States Patent Office refused to register appellant’s alleged trade-mark “HI-OCTANE” for use on gasoline. Upon appeal to the Commissioner of Patents, the decision of the examiner was affirmed for substantially the same reasons assigned by the examiner. Appellant has here appealed for a review of the decision of the commissioner.

The examiner held that the term “HI-OCTANE” described the character of the goods and did not function as an indication of the origin of ownership thereof. He cited several references in trade journals where the term “high…