Sheet of paper with a watermark

- The Mead Corporation
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Description

FIG. 1 is a top plan view of a sheet of paper with a watermark showing our new design, the bottom plan view being substantially identical thereto.

The side views of the sheet of paper with a watermark are plain and unornamented. The broken lines in FIG. 1 are shown to indicate the peripheral boundries of the paper and form no part of the claimed design.

The characteristic feature of the watermark design for the sheet of paper resides on the top and bottom surfaces of the sheet of paper, as shown.

Referenced Cited
U.S. Patent Documents
D038587 May 1907 Phelps
D127467 May 1941 Sherman
D181432 November 1957 Murray
D185622 July 1959 Berg
D232596 August 1974 Krusinski
353666 December 1886 Crane, Jr.
Patent History
Patent number: D404423
Type: Grant
Filed: Jul 22, 1997
Date of Patent: Jan 19, 1999
Assignee: The Mead Corporation (Dayton, OH)
Inventors: Richard C. Stielow (Neenah, WI), Jeffrey R. Miller (Appleton, WI), John E. Gutzwiller (Neenah, WI), Kathy A. Merckx (Appleton, WI), Mark P. Kleman (Appleton, WI)
Primary Examiner: Martie K. Holtje
Law Firm: Thompson Hine & Flory LLP
Application Number: 0/75,874
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Continuous Background Pattern, E.g., Safety Paper (D19/5); Paper Or Pasteboard For Writing Or Printing (D19/1)
International Classification: 1901;