Application of Lawrence S. Tobias

RICH, Judge.

This appeal is from the decision of the Board of Appeals affirming the examiner’s rejection of all claims remaining in application serial No. 201,899, filed June 12, 1962, for a gable-topped paperboard container and blank for making it.

The container is of the square type commonly used for milk, cream, juice, etc., the gable top of which can be split open by pulling opposed sides of the top to break the adhesive seal and convert a portion of the top into a spout. The containers were formerly made liquid proof with wax which also functioned to form a heat seal. In recent years wax…