ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,765,477, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to J. van Dam Onroerend Goed B.V. (Opheusden, Netherlands).
"Method of preparing a plant for transport, and an apparatus" was invented by Hendrik Baars (IJzendoorn, Netherlands) and Gerrit Baars (Kesteren, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of preparing a plant for transport, said plant including a root system embedded in soil, and woody member such as a stem. The method includes the step of wrapping the root system together with the surrounding soil. To prepare the plant for transport in a less laborious manner, the step of wrapping the root system together with the surrounding s...