Appeal No. 2004-1293
Application No. 09/989,330
so that the first plant is at least partially below
the surface of the liquid; and
the second recess and second substrate medium
being adapted to hold a second live plant growing
therein, wherein the second recess is located in a
portion of the outer surface of the receptacle that is
above the surface of the liquid occupying the
container when the container is at least partially
occupied by the liquid so that the second plant is
above the surface of the liquid.
30. A method of managing a plant display
comprising the steps of:
providing a transparent container having an inner
surface defining an interior volume;
at least partially filling the interior volume of
the container with a substantially transparent liquid;
providing a plant receptacle having an outer
surface with at least one recess;
at least partially filling the recess with a
substrate medium;
planting a live plant in the substrate occupying
the recess; and
positioning the receptacle at least partially
within the interior volume of the transparent
container with the receptacle resting on a bottom
portion of the inner surface of the transparent
container and in a manner so that the recess is below
a surface of the liquid occupying the container.
The examiner relies on the following prior art references
as evidence of unpatentability:
Gillinder 715,571 Dec. 09, 1902
DiLernia 5,867,938 Feb. 09, 1999
Gates 6,179,218 B1 Jan. 30, 2001
(filed Feb. 02, 1999)
Satterlee Nursery, Planting Depths of Various Water Plants, at
http://www.satterleenursery.com/planting_depth_diagram.gif
(publication date unknown)(Satterlee).
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