In re William Connors Paint Manufacturing Co.

This is an appeal by the William Connors Paint Manufacturing Company from a decision of the Commissioner of Patents refusing to register an alleged trademark described as follows:

“The trademark of said corporation consists of the representation of an eagle with spread wings, perched upon the American shield and holding in its exposed talons arrows and branches of laurel, there being in the background the representations of stars and the exposed ends of several American flags, the. whole being inclosed within concentric circles appearing *390within a seal-like border, and the words 'American Seal’…