Legal Opinion

In re Swett

Court of Customs and Patent Appeals

Decided December 9, 1971No. 8575PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Almond, Judge.

This is an appeal from the decision of the Patent Office Board of Appeals, adhered to upon reconsideration, affirming the rejection of the claim in appellant’s design application1 on the ground of double patenting in view of the claims in appellant’s utility patent.2

*727The design application is for a lunch box container as illustrated in Figs. 1, 2 and 4. The five additional figures in the design application mainly illustrate in greater detail the features shown in the reproduced figures, which, for purposes of the discussion herein, should be sufficient.

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2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Application of Virgil W. Vogel and Paul W. VogelCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1970
  2. Application of Luke Thorington, Gerald Schiazzano and Joel ShurganCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1969
  3. In Re BarberCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1936

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Carman Industries, Inc. v. Eugene A. Wahl and Vibra Screw, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1983
  2. Ropat Corporation v. McGraw Company, and Marshall Field & CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1976
  3. Wahl v. Rexnord, Inc.District Court, D. New Jersey · 1979
  4. Transmatic, Inc. v. Gulton Industries, Inc., and Patent License Corp.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1979
  5. In re DetersCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1975

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