The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board. _______________ Paper No. 23 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES Ex parte GREGORY L. BIGGS, TRACEY M. BLACKMER, TANVIR H. DEMETRIADES-SHAH, KYLE H. HOLLAND, JAMES S. SCHEPERS, and JOHN HENRY WURM Appeal No. 1999-1101 Application 08/727,1251 ON BRIEF Before BARRETT, DIXON, and BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judges. BARRETT, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL Application for patent filed October 8, 1996, entitled1 "Method and Apparatus for Real-Time Determination and Application of Nitrogen Fertilizer Using Rapid, Non-Destructive Crop Canopy Measurements," which is a continuation-in-part of Application 08/410,783, filed March 24, 1995, now abandoned. - 1 -Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007