APPLICATION OF DUBOIS

Patent Appeal No. 6395.

262 F.2d 88 (1958)

Matter of the Application of Arthur E. DUBOIS and Elizabeth Will.

United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.

December 19, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Myron B. Stevens, Washington, D. C., for appellants.

Clarence W. Moore, Washington, D. C. (S. Wm. Cochran, Washington, D. C., of counsel), for the Commissioner of Patents.

Before O'CONNELL, Acting Chief Judge, and WORLEY, RICH, and MARTIN, Judges.


RICH, Judge.

The question here is the patentability of a bit of military uniform accouterment known as a shoulder cord. We are told that it was created in response to a need for some device which could be worn by all infantrymen, regardless of ability or experience by virtue of which various medals, badges and ribbons might be worn, for the purpose of improving and maintaining morale and esprit de corps.

The shoulder cord, which is a closed loop large enough...

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