In Re John R. Klein (Deceased) by Helen B. Klein, Michael J. Noone and Kermit E. Stahl

RICH, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is from the January 28, 1992, decision of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (board) affirming the examiner’s final rejection of appellants’ application serial No. 07/174,023, filed December 13, 1990, for a design patent on a design for a roof or siding shingle, request for reconsideration denied March 18, 1992. We reverse.

The sole ground of rejection is that the claimed designs 1 would have been obvious under 35 U.S.C. § 103 in view of the disclosures of the following references:

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