Appeal No. 96-0513
Application No. 08/149,766
examiner's refusal to allow claims 1, 5, 6, 8 through 17, 19
and 20, the only claims remaining in this application.
THE INVENTION
The claimed invention is directed to a method for
combating sugar-eating, slow-moving, soft-bodied insects which
thrive on sugar-containing plant leaves. The method comprises
spraying on leaves infested with said insects fertilizer
composition comprising humic acid, nitrogen, phosphorus,
calcium and boron. Appellant alleges to have discovered that
the fertilizer, so-applied, significantly alters the sugar
concentration in the plant leaves making the plant leaves
undesirable to said insects.
Claims 1 and 13 are believed to be adequately
representative of the appealed subject matter and are
reproduced below for a more facile understanding of the
claimed invention.
1. A method for combatting sugar-eating, slow-
moving, soft-bodied insects which thrive on sugar-
containing plant leaves, which comprises spraying on
such leaves, infested with the insects, an effective
2
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