Legal Opinion

In re Cooper

Court of Customs and Patent Appeals

Decided July 12, 1973No. Patent Appeal No. 9029PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

RICH, Judge.

This appeal is from the decision of the Patent Office Board of Appeals affirming the rejection of application serial No. 13,935, filed October 10, 1968, for Design for Restaurant. The claim is in conventional design form, referring to the drawing in which Fig. 1 is as follows:

The only significant added showing in the other two figures is that the door stands vertically in spite of the curvature of the barrel shape of the building, thus extending outwardly from the *901bottom of the barrel since it is approximately flush at the top of the door.

Two references are relied on:

Cunliff…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Application of Erwine Laverne and Estelle LaverneCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1966
  2. Application of Louis BlumCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1967
  3. In re LapworthCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1971
  4. In re SwettCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1972

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Mrc Innovations, Inc. v. Hunter Mfg., LLPCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 2014

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