Legal Opinion
Application of Swift & Co
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Decided July 1, 1955No. Patent Appeal 6141PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COLE, Judge.
The Examiner-in-Chief of the United States Patent Office, acting for the Commissioner of Patents, has held that appellant’s alleged trade-mark is not registrable on the Principal Register under the Trade-Mark Act of 1946, 15 U.S.C.A. § 1051 et seq. In his opinion so ruling, Ex parte Swift & Company, 100 U.S.P.Q. 36, the alleged mark is described as follows :
“The product on which the mark is used is a household cleanser of the type sold in round cans the tops of which can be perforated to provide holes through which to shake the powdered material. The specimens submitted with the…
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