In Re Burns

HATFIELD, Associate Judge.

This is an appeal from a decision of the Board of Appeals of the United States Patent Office affirming the decision of the primary examiner requiring division, in appellant's application for a patent, of certain claims directed to a product, that is, a package, claims 9, 10, 15, and 16, from other claims directed to a machine, claims 1, 2, 3, 4, 11, and 12, and those directed to a process for making the product, claims 5, 6, 7, 8, 13, and 14.

Claims 1, machine, 5, process, and 9, product, are illustrative. They read:

“(1) In a wrapping machine, the combination with a…