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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:
Feb. 02, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2006
Applicant:
Jeffrey E. Hartle, Tacoma, WA (US);
Inventor:
Jeffrey E. Hartle, Tacoma, WA (US);
Assignee:
Weyerhaeuser NR Company, Federal Way, WA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01C 1/00 (2006.01); A01G 7/00 (2006.01); A01H 4/00 (2006.01); A01C 1/06 (2006.01); A01C 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention provides methods for improving germination of manufactured seeds. In some embodiments, the methods comprise the steps of (a) incubating a plant somatic embryo under suitable conditions for reducing the size of the embryo to produce a compact plant somatic embryo and (b) assembling the compact plant somatic embryo of step (a) into a manufactured seed.