Legal Opinion

Application of Lange

Court of Customs and Patent Appeals

Decided December 8, 1955No. Patent Appeal 6173PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

O’CONNELL, Acting Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from a decision of the Board of Appeals of the United States Patent Office sustaining the rejection by the Primary Examiner of the only two claims of the appellant’s application for a patent on a holder for cut flowers. The appealed claims read:

“6. A holder for cut flowers comprising a relatively stiff flat elongated body member made of cardboard or like material, and flaps extending from opposite side edges of the body member and located a substantial distance inwardly of one end edge constituting the outer edge of said body member, said flaps…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. In re RussellCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1946
  2. In re RichmondCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1945

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Jaybee Manufacturing Corporation v. Ajax Hardware Manufacturing CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1961
  2. Patriarca Mfg., Inc. v. SosnickDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1958

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