Appeal No. 95-0972 Page 18
Application No. 07/650,453
"Taking Hardwood Cuttings" teaches planting tree stems from
the Salicaceae family ( e.g., poplar and willow) located to
provide nutrient uptake interaction with water. In addition,
the prior art "filter strips" teaches planting trees in an
area along a river bed so that the trees provide nutrient and
contaminant uptake interaction with water. It is our
determination that the combined teachings of the applied prior
art would have suggested planting tree stems from the
Salicaceae family located to provide nutrient and contaminant
uptake interaction with water.
For the reasons set forth above, the decision of the
examiner to reject claim 22 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is affirmed.
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