In re Atwood

This is an appeal from the decision of the Board of Appeals of the United States Patent Office affirming the Primary Examiner’s rejection of claims 1, 2, 3, and 5 to 11, inclusive, of appellant’s application for a patent on moisture proof sheet wrapping material. Claims 1 and 7 are representative and read:

1. As a new article of manufacture a moisture-proof sheet of self-sealing wrapping material adapted completely to encase an article and thereby seal the same against outside moisture, said article comprising a thin, flexible paper *902sheet normally pervious to moisture, said sheet having on one…