Appeal No. 2000-1339
Application 08/772,480
and 12 stand or fall alone. Therefore, and in accordance
with 37 C.F.R. § 1.192(c)(7), we have chosen
representative claim 1 from the first group, and shall
decide the appeal on the basis of claims 1, 4 and 12,
with claims 2, 3, 5 through 11 and 22 standing or falling
with claim 1.
II. The rejection of claim 1
Robertson, the examiner’s primary reference,
discloses “a method for distributing a liquid chemical to
foliage and/or a substrate surface” (column 1, lines 8
and 9). The method involves the use of a contact
distributor 1 attached to the back of a towing vehicle.
Contact distributors of this sort avoid the
unpredictability and safety hazards of spraying devices
(see column 1, lines 13 through 18). In Robertson’s
words, the distributor
comprises a frame 4 having a plurality of
applicators 5 attached thereto. The applicators
are of the type having an elongate body with a
5
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