Application of Edwin W. Atwood

WORLEY, Chief Judge.

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 sheet normally pervious to moisture,…