Last week, the USPTO released a document entitled 'Supplemental Guidance for Examination of Design Patent Applications Related to Computer-Generated Electronic Images, Including Computer-Generated Icons and Graphical User Interfaces.' In it, the USPTO reaffirmed its prior interpretation of the phrase 'design for an article of manufacture'.
In the 1990s, the USPTO interpreted the phrase 'design for an article of manufacture' to cover designs for 'computer-generated icons'. This interpretation has been criticized by myself and others.
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