In re Bonnell

In the application here involved appellant seeks patent for a design for “Floor Base Molding or Similar Article.” The appeal is from the decision of the Board of Appeals of the United States Patent Office affirming the rejection of the single claim hy the examiner in view of prior' art, the references cited below being two patents, viz.:

Gardner, 808,312, November 18, 1884.

Wilson, 2,030,73o! February 11, 1936.

We here reproduce figure 1 of appellant’s drawing, figure 1 of the Gardner patent, and.figure 3 of the Wilson patent. [See p. 1105.]

The- claim involved reads: “The ornamental design for a…