Chung filed for a design patent for a cigarette packet that allowed the cigarettes to be pulled out of the packet lengthwise rather than by their ends. In explaining the reason for his design, Chung stated: “I was motivated . to design a new cigarette package . when I . happened to see . workers pull out cigarettes from the packages holding their filter-tip top with dirty fingers during work to smoke them. Some even used their teeth to pull them out so as not to contaminate the filter-tip end with dirty fingers and some others tore open the bottom part of the package to take out cigarettes from the bottom.”
Does Chung’s invention satisfy the requirements for a design patent? Why or why not?