US Patent Issued to Dalhousie University on Feb. 24 for "System, apparatus and method of non-destructively determining petiole nutrient values in near real-time using a portable spectrophotometer" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,546, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Dalhousie University (Halifax, Canada).

"System, apparatus and method of non-destructively determining petiole nutrient values in near real-time using a portable spectrophotometer" was invented by Ahmad Al-Mallahi (Truro, Canada) and Reem Abukmeil (Truro, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system, an apparatus and a method of non-destructively determining petiole nutrient values in near real-time from plant leaves in a crop field using a portable spectrophotometer are provided. The method may comprise: (a) taking non-destructive spectral measurements of a leaf of a plant in the crop field ...