US Patent Issued to SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION on Nov. 3 for "Precision sowing method and device" (Swiss Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,777,997, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG (Basel, Switzerland).

"Precision sowing method and device" was invented by Lukas Obrist (Kaiseraugst, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a sowing method and a corresponding sowing device for discharging granular seed onto an underlying surface for seed, seeds (K) which are present in a reservoir container (10) are removed from the reservoir container and separated by means of a separating device (20) and successively allowed to fall onto the underlying surface (B) for seed. After the separated seeds (K) leave the separating device (20) seed dressing is appli...