Ex parte BIGGS et al. - Page 1




               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               and is not binding precedent of the Board.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.                                                    
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