Appeal No. 99-0838
Application 29/064,666
The invention is directed to the ornamental design for a lid for a drinking cup. As may
be seen best from Figures 1, 2, 5, 6 and 7, the lid is a circular cup lid having a flat, circular horizontal
center portion surrounded by a three-part raised circular wall or parapet. The outer surface of the
raised circular wall or parapet extends downwardly below the circular center portion to form a
generally circular main outside wall. A rounded shoulder portion extends outwardly and downwardly
from the base of the main wall and a flared second wall extends downwardly and outwardly from the
base of the shoulder portion. A planar circular flange extends radially outwardly from the terminal edge
of the flared second wall. The raised circular wall or parapet of the cup lid has an upper surface that
has three distinct sections: a semicircular, flat, horizontal portion that takes about half of the circle, an
upwardly sloping portion that is also flat, and a chordlike portion that is flat, horizontal, and has a
drinking aperture therein.
The references of record relied upon by the examiner as evidence of obviousness under 35
U.S.C. § 103 are:
Lid sold by Imperial Bondwear Corp., document “AW” in appellants’ Information Disclosure
Statement filed May 7, 1997 (Imperial)
Lid sold by the Sweetheart Cup Company, document “AV” in appellants’ Information Disclosure
Statement filed May 7, 1997 (Sweetheart)
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