Appeal No. 2005-0558 Page 2
Application No. 10/280,994
Appellant’s invention relates to a method of attaching an
end seal to a manufactured seed. Independent claim 18 is
representative of the subject matter on appeal and reads as
follows:
18. A method of attaching an end seal to a manufactured seed,
the method comprising:
(a) positioning a manufactured seed on a surface, the
manufactured seed including a seed coat having an opening and an
embryo disposed within the opening, the opening having a location
relative to the surface;
(b) ablating a predetermined area of a sheet, wherein the
predetermined area of the sheet is located according to the
location of the opening in the seed coat;
(c) positioning the sheet on the manufactured seed to
substantially center the predetermined area over the opening such
that the embryo is located below the predetermined area; and
(d) attaching the sheet to the first manufactured seed to
seal the opening.
The sole prior art reference of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the claims on appeal is:
Hartle et al. (Hartle) WO 98/33375 Feb. 2, 1998
Claims 18 through 20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b)
as being anticipated by Hartle.
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