Legal Opinion

Application of Lu Celia Wise

Court of Customs and Patent Appeals

Decided February 4, 1965No. Patent Appeal 7294PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ALMOND, Judge.

Lu Celia Wise appeals from a decision of the Board of Appeals affirming the action of the examiner in rejecting her application 1 for a design patent on an advertising novelty.

The claim reads:

“The ornamental Design for a promotional advertising souvenir as shown and described.”

The drawing shows the following configuration :

The article is hollow with transparent walls, within which appears a planar member shown in dotted lines, on which advertising matter is to be placed.

The specification recites: “The dominant features of the design are those shown in full lines.”

The references…

2Cited by2 opinions

  1. Application of Louis BlumCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1967
  2. Transmatic, Inc. v. Gulton Industries, Inc., and Patent License Corp.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1979

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