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The court found that 5 design patents for luggage were invalid for lack of invention. The district court found that the designs were not strikingly novel, but rather were simple combinations of well-known design elements, and that accepting the designs as patentable would improperly lower the standard for invention. The appellate court agreed, finding that the designs did not meet the statutory requirement of invention over the prior art, even when liberally applied, and affirmed the district court
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