Case Name: In re SWAN & FINCH CO.
Court: United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1919-06-02
Citations: 259 F. 991
Docket Number: No. 1235, Patent Appeals
Parties: In re SWAN & FINCH CO.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter
Volume: 259
Pages: 991–991

Head Matter:
In re SWAN & FINCH CO.
(Court of Appeals of District of Columbia.
Submitted May 19, 1919.
Decided June 2, 1919.)
No. 1235, Patent Appeals.
Trade-Marks and Trade-Names <@=>3(4) — Registration—“Slo Flo” — Lubricating Crease.
“Slo Flo,” as a trade-mark for lubricating grease for Mgb speed machines, is not entitled to registration, since the quality of flowing slowly is essential to such a product, and the quoted words are descriptive.
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Appeal from the Commissioner of Patents.
Application by the Swan & Finch Company to register a trade-mark. From a Patent Office decision, refusing registration, the applicant appeals.
Affirmed.
Perry B. Turpin, of Washington, D. C., for appellant.
Theodore A. Hostetler, of Washington, D. C., for Commissioner of Patents.

Opinion:
ROBB, Associate Justice.
Appeal from a decision of the Patent Office refusing to register the words "Slo Flo" as a trade-mark "for lubricating grease for high speed machines"; the ground of the decision being that the words are descriptive of character or quality.
The Examiner pointed out that "the essential properties of lubricating grease for high speed machinery are a high flashing point and viscosity, or the quality of flowing slowly." Applicant evidently had these properties in mind when, a few days prior to the filing of the application, it adopted this mark.
The decision is affirmed.
Affirmed.