Appeal No. 95-1189 Application No. 07/800,471 The scope and content of the prior art and the level of ordinary skill in the art The Kleschick patent 11. The Kleschick patent issued from application 06/940,480. Kleschick, page 1, item [21]. 12. Application 06/940,480 is said to be a continuation-in-part of application 06/768,793. Kleschick, col. 1, lines 9-11. (This application will be referred to as the Kleschick parent application.) 13. The Kleschick parent application is said to be continuation-in-part of application 06/551,758. Kleschick, col. 1, lines 11-12. (This application will be referred to as the Kleschick grand-parent application.) 14. Kleschick relates generally to “substituted 1,2,4,-triazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine-2- sulfonamides, compositions containing them, and their utility as herbicides. Kleschick, col. 1, lines 1-5 (Title). 15. The patent describes the use of the herbicides compounds as follows: Treatment of the locus of undesired vegetation or weeds with the novel compounds or with compositions containing herbicidally effective amounts of the novel compounds in admixture with one or more inert carriers can be used to obtain broad spectrum or selective weed control depending upon the specific compound and the amount applied. Broadleaf weeds are particularly susceptible to the compounds and control of undesirable vegetation in crops such as wheat, rice, corn, soybeans, and cotton can be achieved. Aquatic vegetation is controlled by the compounds. Kleschick, col. 3, lines 12-22. 16. Kleschick describes herbicide compounds having the following structure: 6Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007