Appeal No. 2001-0386 Page 3
Application No. 08/614,358
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to a system for
reducing water losses from overhead irrigation of multiple
plant containers by capturing overhead water falling between
adjacent plant containers and directing the water into the
plant containers. A copy of the claims under appeal is set
forth in the appendix to the appellants' brief.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Delany 205,252 June 25,
1878
Coleman, Jr. 2,785,508 Mar. 19,
1957
Weigert 5,142,818 Sep. 1,
1992
Meharg 5,184,421 Feb. 9,
1993
Schneider DE 41 07 233 A1 1 Sep. 10,
1992
1In determining the teachings of Schneider, we will rely
on the translation provided by the USPTO. A copy of the
translation is attached for the appellants' convenience.
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