Appeal No. 95-0678
Application 07/938,960
within the meaning of 35 U.S.C. § 101. Accordingly, the
rejection of claims 1-9 under 35 U.S.C. § 101 is reversed.
Rejection Under 35 U.S.C. § 103
Hinkes discloses a seed coated with a polymeric, pesticide-
containing coating so that there is slow release of the pesticide
(col. 1, lines 35-42). Hinkes teaches (col. 1, lines 50-58) that
. . . where the seed surface is covered with
linters or short fibers, e.g., cotton seed,
which alter the surface area of the
polymeric-pesticide film, pretreatment is
recommended. It was found that the surface
of cotton seed, even after flame delinting,
was covered with short fibers. Thus, the
surface of linter covered seed is desirably
first precoated with a natural or synthetic
substance which will cover the fibers and
adhere the fibers to each other as well as to
the seed.
Hinkes teaches that the weight of the pretreatment coating is
about 0.5 to 5 wt% of the coated seed (col. 3, lines 17-19), and
that the pretreatment coating material preferably is water
soluble and can be, among others, vegetable gums (col. 3, lines
23 and 30-33). The pretreatment coating is applied wet and then
is dried (col. 3, lines 24-26).
Hinkes does not disclose guar gum as the vegetable gum. To
remedy this deficiency, the examiner relies upon Redenbaugh.
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