US Patent Issued to Kruger on July 21 for "Cellulose filament medium for growing plant seedlings" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,272, issued on July 21, was assigned to Kruger Inc. (Montreal).

"Cellulose filament medium for growing plant seedlings" was invented by Maxime Cossette (Pointe-Claire, Canada), Joelle Berthier (Montreal), Robert Brassard (Trois-Rivieres, Canada) and Helen Lentzakis (Ville St-Laurent, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Cellulose filament medium for growing plant seedlings, comprising mixture of water and cellulose filaments, the cellulose filaments being at a consistency of between about 4% and 50% in the mixture. Composition of matter suitable for forming a cellulose filament medium for growing plant seedlings, comprising: mixture...