In re Pitney-Bowes Postage Meter Co.

ROBB, Associate Justice.

Appeal from a decision of the Patent Office refusing registration of the words “Metered Mail” as a trade-mark for postmarking and stamp-canceling machines having counting attachments, postmarking and stamping machines having counting attachments, and parts thereof.

Appellant has obtained a patent on a “mail-marking machine and postage meter.” This machine has been approved by the postal authorities and by them is set to show a certain amount of postage purchased. The machine then1 marks its canceling stamp impressions on the mail matter and keeps a record of the number…