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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2020

Filed:

Nov. 26, 2013
Applicant:

Fraunhofer Usa, Inc., Plymouth, MI (US);

Inventors:

Patrick Sercel, Cambridge, MA (US);

Aaron Sharpe, Medford, MA (US);

Sudong Shu, Andover, MA (US);

Holger Wirz, Medford, MA (US);

Assignee:

FRAUNHOFER USA, INC., Plymouth, MI (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 1/04 (2006.01); G01N 35/00 (2006.01); C12M 1/36 (2006.01); C12M 1/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 1/04 (2013.01); C12M 33/00 (2013.01); C12M 41/48 (2013.01); G01N 35/00732 (2013.01); G01N 2001/045 (2013.01);
Abstract

An automatic plant tissue sampler and a method for operating the same are provided. The sampler can include a plant handler configured to transport a plurality of plants to an imager. The imager may be configured to image plants to identify a sampling location. The automatic plant tissue sampler also includes a sampler configured to remove a tissue sample from the sampling location of plants, and a collection vessel configured to receive the tissue samples. The automatic plant tissue sampler may transport a plurality of plants to an imager and images the plurality of plants to identify a sampling location. The automatic plant tissue sampler can remove a tissue sample from the sampling location of the plurality of plants and store the tissue samples in a collection vessel for testing.


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