Ex parte SCHREIBER - Page 2




                     Appeal No. 1999-0410                                                                                                                                              
                     Application 29/063,883                                                                                                                                            


                                          The ornamental design for an UPHOLSTERY FILM PATTERN                                                                                        
                                           FOR VEHICLES as shown and described.                                                                                                        

                                The invention is directed to the ornamental design of an                                                                                               
                     upholstery film pattern, as seen in Figures 1 and 2 of the                                                                                                        
                     application.   As noted in appellant's specification, the1                                                                                                                                       
                     characteristic feature of the design                                                                                                                              

                                resides in a plurality of embossments of                                                                                                               
                                which groupings thereof provide circular visual                                                                                                        
                                effects.                                                                                                                                               

                     As explained on page 2 of the brief, the upholstery film at                                                                                                       
                     issues is intended to be for use on vehicle dashboards,                                                                                                           
                     interior trim and the like, so that                                                                                                                               


                                [a]s a design for dashboard material, the design is                                                                                                    
                                properly viewed at essentially an arm's length                                                                                                         
                                distance from the vehicle occupant, the distance at                                                                                                    
                                which occupants would normally view the design.                                                                                                        
                                When viewed at its usual and intended distance from                                                                                                    
                                the vehicle occupants, groupings of the embossments                                                                                                    
                                produce circular visual effects.                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                                                      


                                1New photographs respectively designated as “Fig. 1" and                                                                                               
                     “Fig. 2" were filed by appellant on December 5, 1997 (Paper                                                                                                       
                     No. 8).  Those photographs have been entered by the examiner.                                                                                                     
                     See Paper No. 20, mailed September 22, 1999.                                                                                                                      
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