In re Lapworth

Rich, Judge.

This appeal is from the decision of the Patent Office Board of Appeals affirming the examiner’s rejection of appellant’s design patent *739~application, serial No. 4,107, ified September 30, 1966, for "Sailboat." We affirm.

Appellant's design pertains only to the hull portion of a sailboat which he designates as the "CAL-36." It is shown in elevation in the following figure taken from appellant's brief before the board:

The rejection is based on a single reference, a description in the March 1964 issue of Popu7a'r Boating, pages 108-109, of another sailboat of appellant's design…