IN RE MINNESOTA VALLEY CANNING CO.

Patent Appeal No. 2736.

49 F.2d 847 (1931)

In re MINNESOTA VALLEY CANNING CO.

Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.

May 25, 1931.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William L. Symons and Semmes & Semmes, all of Washington, D. C., for appellant.

T. A. Hostetler, of Washington, D. C., for the Commissioner of Patents.

Before GRAHAM, Presiding Judge, and BLAND, HATFIELD, GARRETT, and LENROOT, Associate Judges.


GRAHAM, Presiding Judge.

The appellant seeks to register the trade-mark "Off the Cob," to be used on canned corn. The examiner of interferences denied registration on the ground that the mark was descriptive, and this decision, on appeal to the Commissioner of the United States Patent Office, was affirmed upon the same ground.

The argument is made here that the mark "Off the Cob" is not descriptive but only suggestive, and that it should therefore be registered...

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