Application of Lu Celia Wise
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
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…
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