ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,041, issued on June 30, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).
"In-container seed treatment applicator" was invented by Joe Hynek (Des Moines, Iowa) and Andrew Jarvis (Des Moines, Iowa).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sealed seed treatment apparatus intended to provide a method for surface treatment of seeds through the injection of a container of seeds. The invention is capable of creating an efficient coating process with scanners and sensor to measure accurate dosing amounts for each injection needle. The apparatus contains a recirculation tank to conserve and control the seed treatment product to lim...