US Patent Issued to Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia on May 19 for "Device with soluble hook-shaped micro-elements for the deployment of substances into the leaves of plants" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,628,744, issued on May 19, was assigned to Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (Genoa, Italy).

"Device with soluble hook-shaped micro-elements for the deployment of substances into the leaves of plants" was invented by Isabella Fiorello (Genoa, Italy), Fabian Meder (Genoa, Italy), Alessio Mondini (Genoa, Italy) and Barbara Mazzolai (Genoa, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention concerns a miniaturised device (10) suitable for deploying substances into the leaves (F) of plants comprising an array of anchoring micro-elements (12) made of a soluble material. The device also comprises sensors (23), so that it is possible to...