Appeal No. 96-3571
Application No. 29/021,754
This is a decision on an appeal from the examiner's
refusal to allow the following design claim:
The ornamental design for a jar as shown and
described.
The jar design is depicted in a perspective view in
Figure 1 of the drawings, in a front elevational view in
Figure 2, in a right side elevational view in Figure 3, and in
top and bottom plan views in Figures 4 and 5, respectively.
The following references are relied upon by the
examiner as evidence of obviousness in rejecting appellant's
design claim under 35 U.S.C. § 103:
The Vaseline® Pure Petroleum Jelly jar (hereinafter, Vaseline®
jar) depicted in the photographs filed with appellant's
Information Disclosure Statement (Paper No. 3, dated January
30, 1995), which appellant admits to have been on sale prior
to January 1993.
Kipperman et al. Des. 318,620 July 30, 1991
(Kipperman)
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