ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,037, issued on June 30, was assigned to NIPPON BEET SUGAR MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Continuous assemblage of pots for continuous transplanting and method for manufacturing the assemblage" was invented by Hideki Sato (Obihiro, Japan), Hidekazu Terasawa (Kamikawa-gun, Japan) and Kazuhiko Chiba (Kamikawa-gun, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "[Problem]Provided is a continuous assemblage of pots for continuous transplanting capable of handling a seedling crop that requires a wide interval between plants, facilitated in manufacture, and reduced in manufacturing cost, and a method for manufacturing the assemblage.[Solution]A link...