| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 047570600 | COATED OR IMPREGNATED SEED, METHOD OR APPARATUS | 26 |
| 20110072716 | METHOD TO IMPROVE GERMINATION OF EMBRYOS FROM MANUFACTURED SEED - The invention provides methods for improving germination of manufactured seeds. The manufactured seed of the invention comprises a seed coat, nutritive media comprising an adsorbent material in a concentration from about 30 g/L to about 100 g/L, and a shoot restraint comprising a cavity. The manufactured seed further comprises a plant embryo. The adsorbent material may be nutrient-treated or non-nutrient-treated charcoal. The manufactured seed may optionally contain an adsorbent material in the cavity of the shoot restraint. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20100154299 | Seed Coated with Antagonistic Microorganism, Method for Producing the Seed, and Disease Control Method for Crop - An object of the present invention is to provide seeds coated with an antagonistic microorganism, which have high-level disease control effects and high preservation stability. The present invention makes it possible to drastically elevate the survival percentage of an antagonistic microorganism in seeds coated with the antagonistic microorganism by vacuum inoculating seeds with the antagonistic microorganism, drying seeds inoculated with the antagonistic microorganism under low-temperature, low-humidity conditions, or a combination of these methods. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20090119986 | HIGH SPEED SEED TREATMENT APPARATUS - An apparatus and method for treating a least a portion of one or more initial seed samples to create one or more treated seed samples for use in research applications is provided. In various embodiments, the apparatus and method utilize two or more seed treaters operating in parallel to increase throughput for treating a portion of one or more initial seed samples. The apparatus and method may also include a metering station configured to distribute at least a portion of the one or more initial seed samples to the two or more seed treaters. As a result, the apparatus and method are configured to efficiently and accurately treat seed samples. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20120216458 | LOW-PROFILE SEED HANDLING SYSTEM WITH SEPARATE SEED BINS AND TURRET SEED FEEDER - A low-profile particulate handling assembly ( | 08-30-2012 |
| 20130061520 | POD SEALING METHOD - The present invention relates to a method for reducing the seed loss due to pod-shattering using a composition comprising a low viscosity carboxymethyl cellulose and to the use of a low viscosity carboxymethyl cellulose as pod sealant. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20110162268 | Method for Increasing the Number of Seedlings Per Number of Sowed Grains of Seed - The present invention relates to a method for increasing the number of seedlings per number of sowed grains of seed comprising a) treating seed with a pesticide and an aqueous compositions comprising a polymer selected from vinylidene chloride copolymer or chitosan; and b) drying said treated seed. The present invention further relates to the use of a polymer selected from vinylidene chloride copolymer or chitosan for increasing the number of seedlings per number of sowed grains of seed, wherein the seed has been treated with a pesticide. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20100088954 | Package With Seeds - A package includes seeds of a plant variety, the seeds being ready to start germinating after being wetted and having a coating to accelerate or delay germinating. The package contains seeds with different coatings causing different accelerations and/or delays in the start of germination. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20090090050 | Manufactured Seed Having Packing Material - A manufactured seed is provided. The manufactured seed includes a seed shell housing a nutritive media and a restraint disposed within the seed shell. The restraint includes a cavity. The manufactured seed also includes an embryo disposed within the cavity and a fill material disposed within the cavity. The manufactured further includes a seal disposed on the seed shell to seal the embryo within the seed shell. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20120291346 | PLANTING MIX COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS - This application provides planting mix compositions that include pelletized coir. Seed, cornmeal or corn flour, fungicide, and optionally activated charcoal and/or a super-absorbent polymer (SAP) can be included in the planting mix compositions. Methods of making such compositions are also disclosed herein. In particular examples, such compositions include pelletized coir at least partially coated with a binder, seeds, charcoal, and optionally a SAP. In other examples, such compositions include a pelletized mixture that includes coir, cornmeal or corn flour, charcoal, a SAP, a fungicide, and seeds, wherein the seeds are encased within the pellets. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20100263274 | ENCAPSULATED SEED ARTICLES AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME - In general the present invention provides various embodiments of an encapsulated seed article and a method for encapsulating a seed to form an encapsulated seed article. The encapsulated seed article may comprise one or more seeds that are encapsulated by a compressible encapsulation medium. In various embodiments, the encapsulated seed article may include a surface coating and/or an intermediate coating. In some embodiments, the encapsulated seed article may include an additive. In some embodiments, a characteristic or a combination of characteristics of the encapsulated seed article may be configured to identify a feature of encapsulated seed article. The present invention also provides various embodiments for a plurality of encapsulated seed articles having uniform seed article sizes or seed article shapes and a method for encapsulating a plurality of seeds to form a plurality of seed articles having uniform seed article sizes or seed article shapes. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20080236037 | PLANTING MIX COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS - This application provides bulking compositions and methods of making such compositions. In particular examples, such compositions include bulking agents (such as nutshell fragments of filbert or coconut shells) at least partially coated with a binder and super-absorbent polymer (SAP)-particles adhered to the bulking agents by the binder, and can further include seeds at least partially coated with a binder and containing SAP-particles adhered to the seeds by the binder. Also provided are seeds that have adhered thereto SAP-particles and activated charcoal or coir. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20090320360 | MANUFACTURED SEED HAVING AN IMPROVED END SEAL - An artificial seed is provided. The artificial seed includes a seed shell having a live end, a dead end and a perimeter. A nutritive media disposed within the seed shell. The artificial seed also includes a restraint disposed within the seed shell and having a cavity housing an embryo. A primary end seal is attached to the live end of the seed shell. The artificial seed further includes an end seal disposed on the dead end of the seed shell and the end seal has at least three closure axes forming a seal in a direction extending along each one of the closure axes. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20110239535 | CAST PELLETS FOR PLANTING SEEDS - Cast pellets containing plants seeds and methods of making the cast pellets are described. The cast pellets include a mixture of one or more plant seeds and a setable, flowable casting substance. The casting substance can be a thermoplastic or another material such as plaster, polyacrylamide or a derivative thereof, polyacrylic acid, a melt processable starch, wax, polyvinyl alcohol, glyceride, partial glyceride, or mixtures thereof. The mixture can additionally contain other substances, such as fillers, plant growth regulators, insecticides, fungicides, bactericides, fertilizers, microorganisms, or mixtures thereof. The seeds can be of the same or different species, and can be selected to have, for example, the same or different flower colors. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110258924 | MULTI-LEVEL MARKERS - The present invention is in the field of product marking and identification, more in particular to methods of differentiating products or product versions and to methods of product authentication. The present invention further relates to marker systems for product authentication, to a kit of parts for applying a marker system to a product and identifying the marked product, in particular seed, to seed coating compositions and to coated seed. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20080271368 | METHOD OF PROMOTING PLANT GROWTH AND IMPROVING PLANT QUALITY AND GROWTH-PROMOTING AGENT AND QUALITY-IMPROVING AGENT TO BE USED IN THE METHOD - A plant growth-promoting and quality-improving agent is disclosed. The agent contains a water-insoluble inorganic micronutrient pulverized to a particle size of not more than a specified particle size, and is effective for a long period of time if applied a small number of times to a seed, a root, a nursery box, and a base of a plant. A method for promoting the growth and improving the quality of plants is also disclosed. | 11-06-2008 |
| 20120000125 | Pick-up and Delivery System and Associated Methods - The present disclosure relates to a pick-up and delivery system including a pick-up assembly and a delivery assembly. The pick-up assembly includes a robotic arm, a pick-up device rotatably mounted on the robotic arm, and a first vacuum pressure supply port operably connected to the pick-up device. The delivery assembly includes an insertion device. The insertion device may include an insertion member having a tip and a release assistance piston arranged inside the insertion member. The release piston is moveable between an extended position and a retracted position. When the release assistance piston is in the extended position, a proximal end of is substantially flush with an end of the insertion member. Further aspects are directed towards methods for grasping and releasing an object with a pick-up and delivery system. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20100275511 | LIQUID SEED DRESSING METHOD FOR DRESSING SMALL QUANTITIES OF SEED - A method of dressing seeds is disclosed. The method utilizes a seed treatment slurry which is applied to seed by subjecting the seed and seed treatment slurry to a dual asymmetrical centrifugal mixing motion. The method provides uniformly dressed seeds and is suitable for dressing small seed lots. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100050507 | GEL-COATED SEED - A gel-coated seed is provided, which has sufficient strength for handling just after the production thereof and after the recovery following the storage under drying, and has a good property in terms of standing-up of seedling. The gel-coated seed includes: a seed of a plant; a coating gel-layer, which coats the seed, consisting of alginic acid-based aqueous gel gelled in the presence of a multivalent metal ion; and grains consisting of water-containing hydrophilic polymer, which is resistant to the multivalent metal ion, distributed in the coating gel-layer. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20120073194 | METHODS OF PREVENTING FLOODING IN MANUFACTURED SEED - The invention provides methods of preventing flooding of a cavity within a shoot restraint of a manufactured seed by lowering the water potential of the nutritive media relative to the water potential of a plant embryo disposed within the cavity. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120233916 | LOW-PROFILE SEED HANDLING SYSTEM WITH SEPARATE SEED BINS AND TURRET SEED FEEDER - A low-profile particulate handling assembly is provided for use in conjunction with a downstream treating device, such as a seed treater unit. The assembly includes a plurality of juxtaposed particulate bins and a surmounting turret assembly designed to successively deliver particulates to the bins. The particulates within the bins are delivered to the downstream treating device through respective lower outlets each equipped with an adjustable slide gate assembly and a lower, multiple-chute assembly. Preferably, each bin has a top wall which in plan configuration approximates a sector of a circle, planar sidewalls, and downwardly tapered, arcuate sidewall structure leading to the lower outlet; in this fashion, the bins can be grouped with the sidewalls in close adjacency, and with the outlets located to feed into a single inlet of the downstream treating device. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120324786 | LOW-PROFILE SEED HANDLING SYSTEM WITH SEPARATE SEED BINS AND TURRET SEED FEEDER - A low-profile particulate handling assembly is provided for use in conjunction with a downstream treating device, such as a seed treater unit. The assembly includes a plurality of juxtaposed particulate bins and a surmounting turret assembly designed to successively deliver particulates to the bins. The particulates within the bins are delivered to the downstream treating device through respective lower outlets each equipped with an adjustable slide gate assembly and a lower, multiple-chute assembly. Preferably, each bin has a top wall which in plan configuration approximates a sector of a circle, planar sidewalls, and downwardly tapered, arcuate sidewall structure leading to the lower outlet; in this fashion, the bins can be grouped with the sidewalls in close adjacency, and with the outlets located to feed into a single inlet of the downstream treating device. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20130000188 | Manufactured Seed Having Parabolic Cavity - The present disclosure includes a manufactured seed comprising a seed shell and a restraint disposed within the seed shell. The seed shell is a structure having an open end and a closed end. The restraint comprises a parabolic cavity. A seal assembly is disposed on the open end of the seed shell in a configuration effective to seal the seed shell. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130000189 | Shoot Restraint for Use with Manufactured Seeds - The present disclosure includes a shoot restraint for use with manufactured seeds comprising. In some embodiments, the shoot restraint includes a substantially porous material having a top surface and a bottom surface. The substantially porous material is formed to define a substantially cylindrical upper portion having an upper diameter; and a substantially cylindrical lower portion having a lower diameter. The upper diameter is larger than the lower diameter. A parabolic cavity extends from the top surface to the bottom surface through the upper portion and at least partially into the lower portion. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130000190 | Manufactured Seed Having Parabolic End Seal Assembly and Parabolic Cavity - The present disclosure includes a manufactured seed comprising a seed shell and a restraint disposed within the seed shell. The restraint has a parabolic cavity. The seed shell is a structure having an open end and a closed end. A primary end seal is disposed on the open end of the seed shell. A secondary end seal is arranged on the primary end seal, the secondary end seal having one or more dimples. Each of the one or more dimples each have a substantially parabolic shape. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130000191 | Manufactured Seed Having Parabolic Seal Assembly - The present disclosure includes a manufactured seed comprising a seed shell and a restraint disposed within the seed shell. The seed shell is a structure having an open end and a closed end. A primary end seal is disposed on the open end of the seed shell. A secondary end seal is arranged on the primary end seal, the secondary end seal having one or more dimples. Each of the one or more dimples each have a substantially parabolic shape. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130000192 | Manufactured Seed Having Embryo Disposed Therein - The present disclosure includes manufactured seed comprising: a seed shell comprising a structure having an open end and a closed end; a restraint disposed within the seed shell, the restraint comprising a cavity; and a seal assembly disposed on the open end of the seed shell in a configuration effective to seal the seed shell. An embryo disposed within the seed shell in a substantially parallel or a substantially skew configuration with respect to a plane in which the sealing assembly is arranged. | 01-03-2013 |
