Appeal No. 2003-1740
Application No. 09/801,301
organic pigments are useful for coloring seeds but, rather,
teaches that the pigmented material "can be used for the
pigmentation of lacquers, inks and enamel coating compositions
. . . [and] are particularly useful for preparing automotive
coating paints" (column 5, lines 41-45). In addition, Bäbler
teaches that the organic materials which are colored according to
the disclosed invention are a variety of polymeric plastic and
rubber materials. Although the examiner relies upon Schmidt for
its teaching that a specific pigment is suitable for pigmenting
plastics, printing inks, and coloring seeds, the examiner has not
established the requisite correlation between the specific
pigment of Schmidt and the stir-in organic pigments of Bäbler.
Also, appellants correctly point out that the material coated in
Bäbler is in the form of a solution. In relevant part, Bäbler
discloses that "the mixing simply involves blending the stir-in
pigment into the solution or suspension of the high-molecular-
weight organic material until a uniform dispersion is achieved"
(column 2, lines 43-46). This teaching does not suggest that the
stir-in organic pigments can be used effectively to coat solid
seeds.
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