Appeal No. 2000-1339
Application 08/772,480
The appellant acknowledges (see page 4 in the brief)
that the applicators disclosed by Robertson are “wick”
applicators. Robertson’s method of using such
applicators meets all of the limitations in claim 1
except for those requiring (1) the application of a
growth regulating composition which reduces and controls
the rapid growth of cotton and (2) the engagement of the
upper portion of certain cotton plants with the wick
applicator. The appellant’s contention that Robertson
fails to teach the application of any composition to a
cotton crop (see pages 6 and 7 in the brief) is clearly
refuted by the second of the above reproduced passages
from the reference.
Clark discloses the use of mepiquat chloride as a
plant growth regulator in the cultivation of cotton.
According to Clark,
[m]epiquat chloride has the effect on cotton
plants of stunting vegetative growth thereby
forcing the plant to redirect its energies into
fruit (cotton boll) production. With
appropriate application of mepiquat chloride to
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