Legal Opinion
In Re Sung Nam Cho
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided February 2, 1987No. 86-973PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JACK R. MILLER, Senior Circuit Judge.
This appeal is from a decision of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (“board”) sustaining the rejection of appellant’s application for a design patent on a bottle cap under 35 U.S.C. § 103. We reverse.
Background
Appellant filed an application for a design patent on a “crown type” bottle cap having a central cylindrical depression and a generally flat bottom surface in the depression, the bottom surface having a score line that forms a displaceable flap. The ornamental features claimed are best illustrated by the…
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