MUMBAI, India, Feb. 7 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202321052724 A) filed by Deere & Company, Moline, U.S.A., on Aug. 5, 2023, for 'sapling indexing unit.'

Inventor(s) include Vishal Puranik; and Syed Gouse Moiddin.

The application for the patent was published on Feb. 7, under issue no. 06/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention discloses a sapling indexing unit (700) for a transplanter (100). The sapling indexing unit (700) comprises a channel track (718), a intermediary unit (702), a base frame (716) and a drive means (710). The intermediary unit (702) comprises a plurality of tubes (704) with each tube (706) having a top (708) and a bottom...