Legal Opinion

Inre: Timothy Owens

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Decided March 26, 2013No. 2012-1261PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PROST, Circuit Judge.

Timothy S. Owens, et al. (“Owens”) appeal a decision of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“PTO”) Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (“Board”), Ex parte Owens, No. 2010-5622 (B.P.A.I. Dec. 1, 2011) (“Board Op”), affirming a rejection of his design patent application, U.S. Design Patent Application No. 29/253,172 (filed Feb. 2, 2006) (“'172 application”). For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.

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The '172 application, which is the subject of this appeal, is a continuation of U.S. Design Patent Application No. 29/219,709 (filed Dec. 21, 2004) (“'709…

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