Supreme Court holds that invalidating an independent design protection claim invalidates the entire design including dependent claims.

The Supreme Court dismissed the extraordinary review of the Patent Office's decision regarding a toothbrush holder design. The Patent Office had partially invalidated the protection based on a lack of novelty in the independent claim, while the Patent Appeal Commission had previously invalidated the entire design. The Court ruled that when the independent claim is invalidated, the consequences extend to the dependent claim, necessitating the total invalidation of the design protection. Consequently, the extraordinary review was rejected because the legal basis for partial invalidation does not exist.