Oh, patents! BVLGARI® Serpenti (4)

Copyright ® Françoise Herrmann

Beyond watches, the BVLGARI® Serpenti collection includes different sorts of jewelry pieces. The US design patent USD606894S1, titled Bracelet, was awarded to Paolo Bulgari, great-grandson of the BVLGARI®[1] jewelry founder, Sotirio Bulgari [2]. The patent was awarded on December 29, 2009.

Included below, the patent Figure 1, together with an image of a marketed embodiment of the patented BVLGARI® Serpenti bracelet. The single-coil bracelet is designed in yellow gold, inlaid with diamonds.

                                       

As a reminder: “a utility patent” protects the way an article is used and works (35 U.S.C. 101), while a “design patent” protects the way an article looks (35 U.S.C. 171) [MPEP Chapt. 1502.01; [R-07.2015]].

Notes

[1] The eponymous trademarked name BVLGARI® is spelled with the classical Latin alphabet.

[2] The founder, Sotirio Bulgari, was Greek. His family name “Bulgari” means “Bulgarian”.

References

BVLGARI® (website)

https://www.bulgari.com/en-us/

MPEP – Chapt. 1502-01 – Distinction between design and utility patent

https://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/s1502.html