Can a design for a computer-generated icon be patented? Yes, a design for a computer-generated icon can be patented. The MPEP 1504.01(a) states: “Computer-generated icons, such as full screen displays and individual icons, are 2-dimensional images which alone are surface ornamentation. See, e.g., Ex parte Strijland, 26 USPQ2d 1259 (Bd. Pat. App. & Int. 1992)…

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