In re General Permanent Wave Corp.

These are appeals from decisions of the Commissioner of Patents affirming decisions of the Examiner of Trade-marks rejecting two applications of appellant for the registration, under the provisions of the Trade-mark Act of February 20, 1905, as amended, of marks used by appellant for hair waving pads.

Application Serial No. 378,781 is for the registration of the expression “Vaper Marcel,” and application Serial No. 378,782 is for the registration of “an artistic design formed * * * by the words vaper marcel,” as shown in the drawing.

The examiner held that the last-named application is a…