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The search for Altina Schinasi spectacle frame designs returned one additional US design patent. The US design patent USD135510S, titled Design for a spectacle frame, was granted on April 20, 1943. The patent was granted to Altina Sanders, also known by her maiden name as Altina Schinasi.
The patent Figure 1 depicts a front view of the spectacle frame, showing the Schinasi design. As a reminder, a design patent covers the ornamental aspects of an invention, or how an invention looks. In contrast, a US utility patent covers the functional aspects of an invention, or how the invention works, and/or is fabricated. Per the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Manual of Patent Examination Procedure (MPEP):
“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]].
Reference
USPTO MPEP – Chapt. 1502-01 – Distinction between design and utility patent.
https://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/s1502.html
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