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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 30, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jeffrey E Hartle, Federal Way, WA (US);
William C Carlson, Olympia, WA (US);
James A Grob, Auburn, WA (US);
Assignee:
Weyerhaeuser Company, Federal Way, WA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
47 576 ; 47 581 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides manufactured seeds and related compositions and methods. The manufactured seeds comprise a unit of a totipotent plant tissue enclosed in a protective manufactured seed coat that includes an orifice sealed by a lid. The lid has a burst strength and architecture (e.g., a dome or nipple) similar to those of analogous structures in a natural botanic seed.