ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,622,364, issued on May 12, was assigned to Heliponix LLC (Evansville, Ind.).
"Seed cartridge assembly for enclosed growing environment" was invented by Scott Thomas Massey (Evansville, Ind.) and Ivan Lee Ball (Owensville, Ind.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seed cartridge configured for indoor growing appliances. The seed cartridge is a self-contained apparatus having a structure that contain one or more seeds suspended in one or more layers of substrate. The structure of the seed cartridge includes a removable top surface, a bottom surface, and a side surface. The side surface is substantially coned shaped to provide a larger top surfa...