Legal Opinion
Application of John O. Hruby, Jr
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Decided March 16, 1967No. Patent Appeal 7652-7655PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RICH, Judge.
These appeals are from split decisions of the Patent Office Board of Appeals wherein the majority affirmed the rejection of appellant’s claims in four design patent applications, serial Nos. 70,-815, 70,816, 70,827, 70,828, all filed July 6, 1962, each entitled “Water Fountain.”
The appeals of the four applications were argued as one, before both the board and this court, and the single issue in each is the same: is the subject matter sought to be patented within the statutory subject matter designated in 35 USC 171, namely, “an article of manufacture” ?
*998The single claim in each…
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