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| | Guidelines for Examination of Design Patent Applications For Computer-Generated Icons |
 | | If the disclosure as a whole suggests or describes the claimed subject matter as a computer-generated icon embodied in a computer screen, monitor, other display panel, or portion thereof, indicate that the drawing may be amended to overcome the rejection under section 171. |
 | | If, by a preponderance of the evidence, the applicant has established that the computer-generated icon is embodied in a computer screen, monitor, other display panel, or portion thereof, withdraw the rejection under section 171. |
 | | One comment suggested that the guidelines include a statement that a portion of a computer screen can be represented by a breakout of a screen portion without screen borders, and some shade lines adjacent to the icon in the breakout portion to indicate a glass surface. |
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