Oh, patents! Van Cleef & Arpels' Alhambra®

Copyright © Françoise Herrmann

Alhambra - Trefoil Arch

Van Cleef & Arpels’ Alhambra® collection of jewelry, launched in 1968, was inspired by the trefoil (clover) arch details of Spain’s famous Alhambra palace and fortress. 

Spain’s Alhambra, located in Granada, Andalusia, is a monumental UNESCO-designated World Heritage site, remodeled and successively transformed through the ages, since 899 AD.  

The Van Cleef & Arpels Alhambra® clover design is patented in several US design patents. 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).

The following list includes some of the Van Cleef & Arpels Alhambra® US design patents, together with a patent drawing and marketed embodiment of the design.

• USD614070 - Ring 

• USD614073 – Earing

• USD638737 – Ring
  

• USD640157 - Bracelet

Embodied design images Copyright © Van Cleef & Arpels. 

References

Van Cleef & Arpels – The Alhambra® Collection

http://www.vancleefarpels.com/us/en/la-maison/spirit-of-creation/inspiration/alhambra-collection.html?55click=Highlight

Making the Alhambra® collection

http://www.vancleefarpels.com/us/en/la-maison/our-know-how/craftsmanship/the-making-of-alhambra.html?55click=Highlight

UNESCO - World Heritage Site

http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/314

UNESCO - World Heritage List of sites

http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/