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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2022
Monsanto Technology Llc, St. Louis, MO (US);
Michael Dayawon, St. Louis, MO (US);
Scott Essner, St. Louis, MO (US);
Cheryl Florida, St. Louis, MO (US);
Alan Jackson, St. Louis, MO (US);
Jeffrey A. Lickenbrock, St. Louis, MO (US);
Mark J. Menius, St. Louis, MO (US);
Ryan K. Tellor, St. Louis, MO (US);
Matthew J. Weis, St. Louis, MO (US);
MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC, St. Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
A small object cassette processing station for depositing small objects into selected cells of a small object cassette. The station comprises a bulk small object bin structured and operable to retain a bulk quantity of small objects of a selected type. The station additionally comprises a small object counting and parsing subsystem configured to parse a plurality of groups of small objects received from the bulk quantity of the small objects retained in the bulk small object bin. Each group of small objects comprises a number of small objects by a central control system. The station further comprise a small object distribution subsystem configured to receive each parsed group of small objects and deposit each parsed group of small objects into one of a plurality of small object cells of a small object cassette as stipulated by the central control system.