Legal Opinion
Blumcraft of Pittsburgh v. Citizens & Southern National Bank
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided February 19, 1969No. 12719PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BUTZNER, Circuit Judge:
This appeal is taken from the district court’s ruling that two patents, D-171,963 for design and 2,905,445 for a mechanical device, owned by Blumcraft of Pittsburgh were valid and infringed by railings produced by Architectural Art Manufacturing Co.1 We hold that both patents are invalid under 35 U.S.C. § 103.
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Blumcraft’s design patent, D-171,963, was granted April 20, 1954 to Louis Blum for a railing styled for use in buildings of contemporary architecture. His application contained a single claim for the design “as shown” in a drawing. The railing consists of multiple…
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3Cited by2 opinions
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