US Patent Issued to DEERE & Co. on July 7 for "Sapling planting unit" (Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,672,616, issued on July 7, was assigned to DEERE & COMPANY (Moline, Ill.).

"Sapling planting unit" was invented by Prashant Kanade (Pune, India), Syed Gouse Moiddin (Pune, India), Harshal Deore (Pune, India), Saurabh Kulhare (Pune, India) and Yuvraj Dhanal (Pune, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sapling planting unit for a transplanter, the sapling planting unit comprising a power transmitting assembly and a planting tube assembly. The power transmitting assembly provides a movement in a longitudinal direction. The power transmitting assembly comprises a driving element, functionally connected to a power source and a power transmitt...