US Patent Issued to Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution on May 5 for "Seaweed seeders and methods for using them" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,616,107, issued on May 5, was assigned to Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (Woods Hole, Mass.).

"Seaweed seeders and methods for using them" was invented by Robin Littlefield (Woods Hole, Mass.), Scott Lindell (Woods Hole, Mass.), David Bailey (Woods Hole, Mass.) and Benjamin Weiss (Woods Hole, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Seaweed seeders that can deposit seaweed directly along a grow-line or other grow structure are disclosed herein. In a specific embodiment, the seaweed seeder includes: a bracket; at least one cap member, where the at least one cap member is connected to the bracket; at least one motor, at least one propeller...