In re Stirling

Appellant is seeking patent on a design for cover paper, its principal use, as we understand it, being for the covering of walls — that is, wall paper.

The application was denied by the examiner whose decision was affirmed by the Board of Appeals of the Patent Office. From the latter decision the appeal was taken to this court.

The design is described in the specification as follows, reference being had to the drawing:'

The view is a plan of a sheet of paper, showing my new design.

The black on the drawing represents streaks and blotches of one color on a background of another color represented…