Application of Paul W. Moore and Robert L. McClain

KIRKPATRICK, Judge.

This appeal is from the decision of the Board of Appeals affirming the examiner’s rejection on prior art of the two remaining claims in appellants’ patent application serial No. 240,577, filed November 28, 1962, entitled “Reinforced Paper.”

The invention is directed to the problem of newsprint paper tearing as it is fed from large supply rolls through newspaper printing machines. The application discloses that such tearing can be avoided by using paper which is reinforced by longitudinally extending strands or threads embedded in and extending along the opposite margins. The…