Appeal No. 1996-1240
Application 08/044,961
THE INVENTION
Appellant claims a method for making a microorganism
fertilizer, i.e., a fertilizer which makes microorganisms
multiply faster. Appellant states that when the fertilizer is
applied to soil, it causes phenomenal multiplication of
fluorescent Pseudomonas which are contained in the soil and
which break down environmental pollutants in the soil and
significantly suppress the common scab of potatoes grown in
the soil (specification, pages 2 and 4). Claim 2 is
illustrative and reads as follows:
2. A method for manufacturing a microorganism fertilizer
comprising the steps of adding medium-temperature and high-
temperature Actinomycetes as seed bacteria to an organic
substance, culturing, spreading and agitating said medium and
high-temperature Actinomycetes and said organic substance in
an isolated propagation bed to cause said medium-temperature
Actinomycetes to multiply during an intitial stage of
culturing so that the multiplication of miscellaneous bacteria
is partially suppressed, and then raising and maintaining a
temperature of said organic substance at 40 to 63EC so that
said high-temperature Actinomycetes are selectively cause to
multiply.
THE REFERENCE
Pinckard et al. (Pinckard) 5,100,455 Mar. 31,
1992
THE REJECTION
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