Appeal No. 1996-0212
Application No. 08/261,759
polyhydroxy alkane alcohol phosphate ester, and a
orthophosphate alcohol ester;
said at least one liquid phosphate ester being present in
a collective concentration of approximately one half molar or
greater; and
said at least one liquid hygroscopic agent being present
in a collective concentration of approximately one molar or
greater.
1. A method of fertilizing comprising the step of
spraying a hygroscopic liquid onto plants at an application
rate no greater then [sic, than] twenty gallons per acre,
wherein the liquid includes at least one phosphate ester,
sufficient hygroscopic liquid to maintain the spray in a
liquid state between 1 and 7 days and has a concentration of
phosphate ester between 0.5 to 4 molar.
21. The combination of liquid aqueous foliar fertilizer
and plants, comprising:
an effective amount of at least one phosphate ester
compound in sufficient concentration in said liquid aqueous
foliar fertilizer to be of nutritional value to plants on the
plants in a volume of lower than twenty gallons of said liquid
aqueous foliar fertilizer per acre of plants;
an hygroscopic agent in said liquid aqueous foliar
fertilizer which extracts available moisture from the
atmosphere to help maintain applied aqueous fertilizer in
liquid form on the foliage for from 1 to 7 days; and
a water miscible foliage adhering agent in said liquid
aqueous foliar fertilizer for enhancing retention of the
fertilizer when applied to the surface of the foliage.
The references of record relied upon by the examiner are:
Nooden et al. (Nooden) 4,581,056 Apr. 8, 1986
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