Re: [compost_tea] New Invention

From: butch ragland <wilddog_202_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 6 Nov 2004 14:19:50 -0800 (PST)
i kept reading and asking myself what the hell
then i would read more and ask myself WTH
--- Ted Peterson <ted.peterson_at_tcsn.net> wrote:

> I'd love to see if this holds up in court.  This
> would mean that Hahn could get a percentage from
> everyone using worm castings for anything. He could
> also sue the manufacturers of worm casting equipment
> for patent infringment because they are abetting a
> user in a crime.  Finally, he could sue the worms
> for creating the castings in a kind of tort measure.
>  In other words, the worms could be creating an
> attractive nuisance by making the castings and
> allowing anyone to use them.  Anyone who grows worms
> for a living would have to give him a percentage of
> their income because the worms they sell may produce
> castings that may control fungi and that would be
> patent infringment.
>
> What a wonderful world we live in.  Out where I
> live, we have a guy in a wheelchair who sues small
> restaurants and stores for not having
> stat-of-the-art wheelchair access.  We have had five
> coffee shops close down.  In a one month period, he
> filed 200+ lawsuits.  Most of the businesses settled
> for $2000 to him for being inconvenienced.  So in a
> month, he made a little under $200K.  He then moved
> on to another town.  Some of the businesses are
> fighting him and some simply closed their doors.
> Sounds like this Hahn guy is just such an idiot.
>
> Ted Peterson
> EW/SOE
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Tom Jaszewski
>   To: compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com
>   Sent: Saturday, November 06, 2004 10:57 AM
>   Subject: [compost_tea] New Invention
>
>
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>         United States Patent
>        6,797,507
>       
>         Hahn
>        September 28, 2004
>       
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>   Methods of using worm castings for fungal control
>
>   Abstract
>
>   The present invention describes a material and a
> method for controlling fungi. The method consists of
> disposing a naturally formed chitinase about an area
> to be protected. The naturally formed chitinase is
> produced from worm castings and the worm castings
> may be disposed naturally, in the form of
> timed-release pellets, or in a liquid form. The area
> to be protected includes plants and structures. The
> naturally formed chitinase may be disposed about the
> base of the plant or structure, or on the leaves of
> the plant.
>
>
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>         Inventors:
>        Hahn; George E. (205 Liszt Ave., Cardiff by
> the Sea, CA 92007)
>       
>         Assignee:
>        Hahn; George E. (Cardiff, CA)
>       
>         Appl. No.:
>        247054
>       
>         Filed:
>        September 20, 2002
>       
>
>
>
>         Current U.S. Class:
>        435/252.4; 424/543; 424/93.1
>       
>         Intern'l Class:
>        C12N 001/00; C12N 001/20; A61K 035/60; A01N
> 065/00
>       
>         Field of Search:
>        435/243,252.4 424/543,93.1,435
>       
>
>
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>   References Cited [Referenced By]
>
>
>
>         Other References
>
>
>         M. Szczech, "Suppresiveness of Vermicompost
> against Fusarium Wilt of Tomato," J Phytopathology
> 147.155-161, 1999 Berlin.
>         Szczech "Suppressive Effect of a Commercial
> Earthworm Compost on some Root Infecting Pathogens
> of Cabbage and Tomato, Biological Agriculture and
> Horticulture." 1993, vol. 10, pp 47-52, Great
> Britain.
>       
>
>
>   Primary Examiner: Brumback; Brenda
>   Assistant Examiner: Winston; Randall
>
>
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>   Parent Case Text
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>   This application is a continuation-in-part of
> application Ser. No. 09/784,283. filed Feb. 16, 2001
> U.S. Pat. No. 6,475,503 entitled "Methods for Using
> Worm Castings for Insect Repellancy," which claims
> benefit of 60/187,243 filed Mar. 3, 2000.
>
>
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>   Claims
>
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>   What is claimed is:
>
>   1. A method of fungal control, the method
> consisting of disposing an effective amount of worm
> castings about an area in need of fungal protection
> wherein the level of chitinase producing
> microorganisms within the worm casting is at least 1
> million CFU/gdw (Colony Forming Units/gram dry
> weight).
>
>   2. The method of claim 1 wherein the step of
> disposing the worm castings about an area to be
> protected includes the step of forming the chitinase
> producing microorganisms into timed-release pellets.
>
>
>   3. The method of claim 1 wherein the step of
> disposing the worm castings about an area to be
> protected includes the step of forming the chitinase
> producing microorganisms in a liquid.
>
>   4. The method of claim 1 wherein the area to be
> protected is a plant, the plant having a base and a
> leaf area, and the step of disposing the worm
> castings about the plant includes the step of
> disposing the chitinase producing microorganisms on
> the leaf area of the plant.
>
>   5. The method of claim 4 wherein the step of
> disposing the worm castings on the leaf area of the
> plant includes disposing the worm castings in liquid
> form.
>
>   6. The method of claim 4 wherein the plant
> additionally includes a root structure, a drip line,
> and a feeder root zone between the drip line and the
> base of the plant and the step of disposing the worm
> castings about the plant includes disposing the worm
> castings on the feeder root zone.
>
>   7. The method of claim 1 wherein the area to be
> protected is a structure, the structure having a
> base, and the step of disposing the worm castings
> about the structure includes the step of disposing
> the worm castings on the ground adjacent the base of
> the structure.
>
>   8. The method of claim 1 wherein the worm castings
> are hydroponically disposed about the area to be
> protected.
>
>   9. The method of claim 3 wherein the step of
> disposing
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=====
Butch Ragland
Conflict is as addictive as
cocaine, alcohol, cigarettes,etc
I'm sorry to report that
cooperation is not


           
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