US Patent Issued to Monsanto Technology on Sept. 8 for "Tray assemblies for use with seeds, and related methods" (Arizona, Missouri Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,551, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Monsanto Technology LLC (Saint Louis, Mo.).

"Tray assemblies for use with seeds, and related methods" was invented by Bradley Douglas Hart (Tucson, Ariz.), Huachun Larue (Chesterfield, Mo.), Ryan Ann Mertz (Tucson, Ariz.), Ursula Ruiz Vera (Tucson, Ariz.) and Ryan Keith Tellor (Tucson, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Tray assemblies are provided for use in treating and planting batches of seeds. In one example embodiment, a tray assembly includes a first tray and a second tray configured to couple to the first tray. The first tray includes multiple wells each configured to receive a seed. ...