In re Krueger’s Empirical Analysis

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1. ““One purpose Congress had in mind in the enactment of the statute authorizing the grant of a patent on any new, original and ornamental design for an article of manufacture was to enhance the salability of such articles in competitive markets through an aesthetic appeal to the purchasing public. * * * It is a law which requires meticulous care in its administration to avoid infringement and prevent great harm to legitimate industry ^”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 128 F. Supp. 672 - RM Palmer Company v. Luden's, Inc.

2. “§ 171. Patents for designs Whoever invents any new, original and ornamental design for an article of manufacture may obtain a patent therefor, subject to the conditions and requirements of this title. The provisions of this title relating to patents for inventions shall apply to patents for designs, except as otherwise provided.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In re Aslanian

3. “Reverence patents, granted for utility or for designs, may be combined in the proper rejection of the claim for a design patent. It is not necessary, as appellant suggests here, that the rejection must be confined to a single reference, substantially disclosing the design of the appealed claim.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In re Leslie