Legal Opinion
Application of Angelo E. Bartlett and Elwood J. Fletcher
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Decided April 11, 1962No. Patent Appeal 6791PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RICH, Judge.
This appeal is from the affirmance by the Patent Office Board of Appeals of the rejection of appellants’ single claim, which is in prescribed form, for “The ornamental design for a Plastic Foor Tile as shown.” Appellants’ application is Ser. No. D-46,680, filed June 21, 1957.
The rejection is that the design is unpatentable over a single reference:
“Sweet’s Architectural File Catalog for 1954, Section 12i, Catalog Ke, page 5, Item ONYX (423).”
The reference is an illustration of a single square rubber floor tile which is predominantly black, with irregular, *943sometimes wavy, randomly…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Application of JohnsonCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1949
3Cited by13 opinions
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- Application of Erwine Laverne and Estelle LaverneCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1966
- Clark Equipment Company and Clark Equipment, A. G., Appellants-Appellees v. Louis J. Keller and Cyril N. Keller, Appellees-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1978
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