IN RE NALBANDIAN

Appeal No. 80-615.

661 F.2d 1214 (1981)

In re A. Eugene NALBANDIAN.

United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.

October 15, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Hawes, Howard A. Silber, David L. Fehrman, Spensley, Horn, Jubas & Lubitz, Los Angeles, Cal., for Nalbandian.

Joseph F. Nakamura, Sol., John W. Dewhirst, Associate Sol., U. S. Patent and Trademark Office, Washington, D.C., for Patent and Trademark Office.

Before MARKEY, Chief Judge, and RICH, BALDWIN, MILLER and NIES, Judges.


NIES, Judge.

This appeal is from the decision of the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) Board of Appeals (board) affirming the rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 103 by the examiner of appellant's application, serial No. 792,482, filed April 29, 1977, for "Combined Tweezer and Spotlight." We affirm.

Background

The claimed ornamental design is for an implement referred to as an illuminable tweezer. The primary reference on which the examiner and...

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