Original art for Design patent 127,054

Kiam, Omar

[Inventor Design Patent] DESIGN PATENT 127,072 "FUR JACKET" patented May 6, 1941

New York, N.Y. Self-published 1941. First Edition. One sheet of 15 x 10 inch glossy bristol board. Black ink on white paper. Embossed stamp of “Strathmore Patent Office" upper left corner. The assigned patent application serial number was 98443 and it was received by the US Patent Office (USPTO) on Jan 27, 1941. The patent was issued on May 6, 1941, and given design patent number 127,072 with a term of 3 1/2 years.

This original patent artwork has notations written in the margins by (presumably) patent office examiners. It also has inked tamps on the back indicating when the Mail Division and the Draftsman at the US Patent Office received and/or processed the application art.

This patent design is for a FUR JACKET, by designer/inventor Omar Kiam.

We have included a printout of the issued patent for reference. Near Fine. [29447]


"Alexander "Omar" Kiam (1894 – 1954) was an American fashion designer and costume designer.
Early life

Born Alexander Kiam in Monterrey, Mexico, to Texan parents. Kiam picked up the nickname "Omar" at Riverview Preparatory School in Poughkeepsie, New York. He later went to the Poughkeepsie Military Academy in New York. His first job as a designer was producing caps for babies for a department store in Houston. Kiam chose to retain his nickname professionally, as he appreciated the link to Omar Khayyám.

Costume design
Janet Gaynor, costumed by Kiam, in A Star is Born

Following a stint in Paris as a student, Kiam returned to the United States and opened his studio in New York City, where he produced work for Broadway theatre.[3] Among the theatre productions he costumed were Dinner at Eight, the Robert E. Sherwood play Reunion in Vienna, and the Edward Sheldon and Margaret Ayer Barnes play Dishonored Lady. In 1933 he moved to Hollywood, where he headed the film costume design departments for Sam Goldwyn Productions and United Artists. Before leaving Hollywood in 1939, Kiam also worked for independent producers David O. Selznick and Hal Roach. He also worked with 20th Century Pictures.

One of Kiam's most notable films was the 1937 film A Star is Born, for which he dressed Janet Gaynor. He collaborated with Irene on Algiers.
Filmography

Omar Kiam costumed the following films:

A Star is Born
The Adventures of Marco Polo
Algiers
Barbary Coast
Beloved Enemy
The Call of the Wild
Cardinal Richelieu
Come and Get It
The Cowboy and the Lady
The Dark Angel
Dead End
Dodsworth
Folies Bergère de Paris
The Gay Desperado
The Goldwyn Follies
The Hurricane
Kid Millions
Les Misérables
The Mighty Barnum
One Rainy Afternoon
Pick a Star
Splendor
Stella Dallas
Strike Me Pink
These Three
Topper Takes a Trip
We Live Again
The Wedding Night
Woman Chases Man
Wuthering Heights
The Young in Heart
Zenobia

Fashion design

Although primarily known as a costume designer Kiam had also run a wholesale fashion design business supplying clothing to shops across the United States before he moved to Hollywood.

After leaving Hollywood, in 1941 Kiam became head designer for the Ben Reig fashion label, a company founded in 1929. Also designing costume jewelry for them from 1948, he worked there until his death in 1954.

Kiam won the Neiman Marcus Fashion Award in 1941, and in 1946, won the Coty Award jointly with Vincent Monte-Sano and Clare Potter. During the early 1950s Liz Claiborne worked for Kiam.

Kiam died 28 March 1954 at the Ritz Tower Hotel in New York City, after struggling with a sickness that lasted seven months." (Wikipedia)

Each of these hand-drawn patent drawings are unique. Few patent drawings ever appear for sale - it most often the printed patents, when issued, that have a printed version of these drawings and they appear in the market. With only the inventor, attorney, and USPTO the likely recipients, few were made, and after expiring many were discarded.

DESIGN PATENTS: what they are, how long they last, and records management

Design patents "protect the way an article looks." Historically important, they verify new design innovations, document changing cultural tastes, and establish valuable competitive business advantages. New patents preserve for the stated term the inventor's sole ownership and use of the design. The US Patent Office (USPTO) calls “the drawing disclosure ... the most important element of the application...As the drawing or photograph constitutes the entire visual disclosure of the claim, it is of utmost importance that the drawing or photograph be clear and complete, that nothing regarding the design sought to be patented is left to conjecture”

To obtain a Design patent, inventors submit an original black pen and ink drawing and a description of the innovation to the USPTO (typically with the assistance of a patent lawyer familiar with the process). The USPTO assigns the new application a "serial number" and "application date." USPTO patent examiners then vet the application to ensure it is unique and not already protected, often with additional communication between the USPTO, the inventor, and their legal representation. This process can take months if not years.

Only if determined to be a new invention will the USPTO issue the inventor a Design Patent number and patent date.

During the active term of the design patent, the USPTO retains the inventor's application and drawings for use in patent dispute cases and other inquiries.

After the patent expires, the USPTO may discard or return the materials if no longer relevant to their core mission.

Today, most issued patents are digitized for preservation.

Older paper records and patent models have been periodically discarded by the USPTO most often with little fanfare - often to address space or fiscal management issues.

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