In re Swett

451 F.2d 631, 59 C.C.P.A. 726, 172 U.S.P.Q. (BNA) 72, 1971 CCPA LEXIS 237
CourtCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals
DecidedDecember 9, 1971
DocketNo. 8575
StatusPublished
Cited by11 cases

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In re Swett, 451 F.2d 631, 59 C.C.P.A. 726, 172 U.S.P.Q. (BNA) 72, 1971 CCPA LEXIS 237 (ccpa 1971).

Opinion

Almond, Judge.

This is an appeal from the decision of the Patent Office Board of Appeals, adhered to upon reconsideration, affirming the rejection of the claim in appellant’s design application1 on the ground of double patenting in view of the claims in appellant’s utility patent.2

[727]*727The design application is for a lunch box container as illustrated in Figs. 1, 2 and 4. The five additional figures in the design application mainly illustrate in greater detail the features shown in the reproduced figures, which, for purposes of the discussion herein, should be sufficient.

The utility patent is also directed to a lunch box container. Since in double patenting situations it is proper to consider only the claims involved, we think it unnecessary to discuss what is disclosed in this patent. However, in order to aid in understanding the claims, we reproduce Figs. 2 and 3 of that patent:

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