Legal Opinion
Matter of the Application of Andrew Glavas
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Decided February 21, 1956No. Patent Appeals 6179PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
O’CONNELL, Acting Chief Judge.
This is an appeal from the decision of the Board of Appeals of the United States Patent Office affirming the final rejection by the Primary Examiner of the single claim of appellant’s application serial No. D-8,927 for a design patent on a float, on the ground of lack of invention over prior art. The appealed claim is as follows:
“The ornamental design for a float, as shown.”
The following references were relied on by the Primary Examiner:
Armstrong 715,938 Dec. 16, 1902,
Patton 1,386,652 Aug. 9, 1921
Knecht 2,404,505 July 23, 1946
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