...uncultivated state, may obtain a patent therefor, subject to the conditions and requirements of this title. The provisions of this title relating to patents for inventions shall apply to patents for plants, except as otherwise provided. 35 U. 8. C. 162. Description, claim. No plant patent shall be...

...intrinsic function of an article." ^Nimetz, Design Protection, 15 COPYRIGHT L. SYMP. (ASCAP) 79, 85 (1967). The provisions of this title relating to patents for...apply to patents for designs, except as otherwise provided.37 Once granted, patents afford an extremely large area of protection. Patents prohibit "any...

...uncultivated state, may obtain a patent therefor, subject to the conditions and requirements of this title. The provisions of this title relating to patents for inventions shall apply to patents for plants, except as otherwise provided. (June 19, 1952, ch. 950, 66 Stat. 804; Sept. 3, 1954, ch. 1259,...

...tuberpropagated plant, may obtain a patent therefor, subject to the conditions and requirements of this title. The provisions of this title relating to patents for inventions shall apply to patents for plants, except as otherwise provided. §302. Description, claim No plant patent shall he declared invalid...

...manufacture may obtain a patent therefor, subject to the conditions and requirements of this title. The provisions of this title relating to patents for...patents for designs, except as otherwise provided. The designs embodied in the three applications of the appeals last .described were originally disclosed...

...frequently discussed here, and which has the exception of the tuber-propagated plant, appears this sentence: The provisions of this title relating to patents for inventions shall apply to patent for plants except as otherwise provided. In other words, the application for the patent for...

...between Rule 153 and the applicable statutes. Title 35, section 171 of the United States Code provides that 'The provisions of this title relating to patents...patents for designs, except as otherwise provided.' While 35 USC 112 states that 'The specification shall conclude with one or more claims,' that provision...

...as an integral part of this code states, and I read from section 171, title 35 United States Code : The provisions of this title relating to patents for...patents for designs, except as otherwise provided. The principal things "otherwise provided" are that designs must he ornamental rather than useful, and...

...this volume. •The recommendation was adopted. See page 181 of this volume. REPORT S. 1884, HR 67T6, HR 6777 87th Congress : Statement of Need The proposed...designs must be "oranmental" rather than "useful" and the term of the patent is different. As with other inventions, however, novelty is required and...

...that law, covered by express provisions, not to grant patents on such inventions unless they are ne\v, useful, and unobvious to one of ordinary skill in...patents for designs, except as otherwise provided (35 TJ.SC 171)." The principal things "otherwise provided" are that designs must be "oranmental" rather...