Application of Shenango Ceramics, Inc
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
1Opinion of the Court
MARTIN, Judge.
This is an appeal from a decision of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board 1 refusing to register 2 on the Principal Register a portion of the under-rim configuration shown in the drawing below as a trademark for “China dishware.” 3
China dishware incorporating such ribs was the subject of a U. S. utility patent 2,178,274, issued October 31, 1939 to R. Ratner. The patent was assigned to the appellant herein (or its predecessor), and that patent expired in 1956. The patent was directed to the use of a median rib as above shown on the under-surface of a tableware article such as a…
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