In re Zahn
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
1Opinion of the Court
RICH, Judge.
This appeal is from the decision of the Patent and Trademark Office Board of Appeals (board) affirming the examiner’s rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 171 and entering a new rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 112 of the single claim of design patent application serial No. 611,034, filed Sept. 8, 1975. We reverse.
BACKGROUND
The Application
Zahn’s claimed invention is an ornamental design for a drill tool. Figs. 1-4 of the application drawings are:1
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Fig. 1 is an elevation of a drill bit, Fig. 2 is a top end view, Fig. 3 a section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 4 is a partial…
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