Princess Pat, Ltd. v. Joseph Tursi

O’CONNELL, Acting Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from the decision of the Examiner-in-Chief of the United States Patent Office, acting for the Commissioner of Patents, 101 U.S.P.Q. 346, which decision affirmed that of the Examiner of Interferences dismissing an opposition by Princess Pat, Ltd., the appellant here, against application No. 612,379 filed by the appellee, Joseph Tur-si, for registration of the word “Pat” as a trade-mark for a beard-softening agent.

The opposition was based on appellant’s registration No. 146,236, granted September 6, 1921, and republished October 30, 1951 under the…