JOHNSON, Associate Judge.
Appellant's application for a design patent for an ornamental design for a pair of pliers (the type known as gas burner and pipe pliers) was rejected by the examiner as lacking invention over the references. The Board of Appeals of the U. S. Patent Office affirmed that rejection relying on the following references:
Mihan, 272,573, Feb. 20, 1883; Smith, 1,290,846, Jan. 7, 1919; Seger, 2,070,217, Feb. 9,...
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