US 8,528,834 C1 (12,419th)
Plant growing system using external data and having sensors associated with plants
Paul W. Skinner, St Helena, CA (US)
Filed by Paul W. Skinner, St Helena, CA (US)
Assigned to Vineyard Investigations
Reexamination Request No. 90/014,948, Jan. 18, 2022.
Reexamination Certificate for Patent 8,528,834, issued Sep. 10, 2013, Appl. No. 12/345,401, Dec. 29, 2008.
Application 10/626,476 is a division of application No. 09/872,477, filed on May 31, 2001, granted, now 6,874,707.
Application 90/014,948 is a continuation of application No. 10/626,476, filed on Jul. 23, 2003, granted, now 7,487,925.
Ex Parte Reexamination Certificate issued on Oct. 11, 2023.
Int. Cl. A62C 5/02 (2006.01); A01G 22/05 (2018.01); A01G 17/02 (2006.01); A01G 25/02 (2006.01); A01G 25/16 (2006.01); A01G 27/00 (2006.01)
CPC A01G 22/05 (2018.02) [A01G 17/02 (2013.01); A01G 25/02 (2013.01); A01G 25/16 (2013.01); A01G 27/003 (2013.01)]
OG exemplary drawing
AS A RESULT OF REEXAMINATION, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT:
The patentability of claims 1-15 is confirmed.
1. An apparatus for dispensing materials to vegetation, the apparatus comprising:
a conduit having a channel, wherein the channel is positioned in proximity to the vegetation;
an outlet coupled to the channel for conveying a material from the channel to the vegetation under the control of a central controller, wherein the central controller is responsive to external data for controlling material dispensing from one or more emitters in fixed proximity to the vegetation;
one or more sensors in fixed proximity to the vegetation, wherein each sensor is associated with one or more particular plan in the vegetation, wherein signals from me sensors are transmitted to a central control system and are used to control conveyance of the material to the vegetation.