US Patent Issued to SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION on May 5 for "High precision greenhouse seed and seedling treatment" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,616,081, issued on May 5, was assigned to SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG (Basel, Switzerland).

"High precision greenhouse seed and seedling treatment" was invented by Jamie Rickard (Oftringen, Switzerland), Christophe Lupfer (Basel, Switzerland) and Christoph Grimm (Basel, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus and a method for treating and transplanting plant propagation materials into a cultivation medium, including: a. providing a plurality of plant-receiving cavities in the cultivation medium; b. providing the plant propagation materials in a reservoir; c. removing from the reservoir container and separating out plant pro...