Appeal No. 1999-2020
Application D-29/058,031
any color may be utilized in that region. There is no
difference in shape between the applied prior art and the
claimed invention. The existing state of the law appears to
compel a conclusion that
transparency is a form of coloring and therefore obvious
within 35 U.S.C. § 103 for designs. We affirm the examiner's
rejection of the design claim on appeal.
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