¶1Patents <g=»28 — Ornamental design for font of type is not patentahie, merely because arresting, and hence desirable for advertising purposes (35 USCA § 73).
¶2Since, under Rev. St. § 4929, as amended by Act Máy 9, 1902 (Comp. St. § 9475'; 35 USCA § 73), design, to be patentable, must be new, original, and ornamental, ornamental design for a font of type does not meet requirements of statute merely because it may be arresting, and hence desirable for advertising purposes.
¶3Appeal from the Commissioner of Patents.
¶4Application of Oswald Cooper for a patent for an ornamental design for a font of type. From an adverse decision, he appeals.
¶5Affirmed.
¶6A. M. Belfield, of Chicago, Ill., and J. H. Milans and C. T. Milams, both of Washington, D. C., for appellant.
¶7T. A. Hostetler, of Washington, D. C., for appellee.
¶8Before MARTIN, Chief Justice, and ROBB and VAN ORSDEL, Associate Justices.
¶10-Appeal from a decision of the Commissioner of Patents, rejecting an application for a patent for an “ornamental design for a font of type.”
¶11In the view of the Patent Office, the general appearance of the letters in applicant’s design differs only in minor details from the letters of the prior art. In this we concur. See In re Schraubstadter, 26 App. D. C. 331; In re Madden, 38 App. D. C. 94; In re Mygatt, 39 App. D. C. 432; Goudy v. Hansen (C. C. A.) 247 F. 782.
¶12We also agree that applicant’s design has no aesthetic appeal. “In fact,” says the Commissioner, “his font of type is less ornamental than its predecessors. The heavy black lines add nothing to the beauty of the type. The typo was designed, not as a thing of beauty, but for advertising purposes.”
¶13Since the amendment of 1902 (32 Stat. 193 [Comp. St. § 9475 ; 35 USCA § 73]), a design, to be patentable, must be “new, original, and ornamental” Applicant’s design may be arresting, and hence desirable for advertising purposes; but that does not meet the requirements of the statute. H. C. White Co. v. Converse & Sons Co. (C. C. A.) 20. F.(2d) 311.
¶14The decision is affirmed.
¶15Affirmed.