Case Name: In re REID BROS.
Court: United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1921-05-02
Citations: 273 F. 368
Docket Number: No. 1273
Parties: In re REID BROS.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter
Volume: 273
Pages: 368–368

Head Matter:
In re REID BROS.
(Court of Appeals of District of Columbia.
Submitted January 13, 1920.
Decided May 2, 1921.)
No. 1273.
Trade-marks and trade-names @=>3 (5) —“Efficiency” is descriptive word.
Tbe word “efficiency,” as a trade-mark for hot-water bottles and other hospital supplies, is more descriptive than suggestive, and therefore not registerable as a trade-mark.
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Appeal from the Commissioner of Patents.
■ Application by Reid Bros, for registration of a trade-mark. From a decision of the Patent Office refusing registration, the applicant appeals.
Affirmed.
H. C. Robb, of Washington, D. C., for appellant.
T. A. Hostetler, of Washington, D. C., for Commissioner of Patents.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Appeal from a decision of the Patent Office refusing to register as a trade-mark for hot-water bottles, ice bags, and certain other hospital supplies, a shield bearing the word "Efficiency" in ordinary block type; the ground of the decision being that the mark is descriptive.
We are constrained to hold that this case is controlled by our decision in Re Crosby Steam Gage & Valve Co., 47 App. D. C. 382, in which it was ruled that the words "High Efficiency" were not register-, able as a trade-mark for safety relief valves, because "more descriptive than suggestive."
Accordingly the decision is affirmed.