US Patent Issued to Biolumic on Sept. 2 for "Methods of seed treatment and resulting products" (New Zealander Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,402,581, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Biolumic Ltd. (Palmerston North, New Zealand).

"Methods of seed treatment and resulting products" was invented by Jason John Wargent (Palmerston North, New Zealand) and Luke James Cooney (Palmerston North, New Zealand).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are methods, compositions, and devices relating to administration of UV-B to a seed."

The patent was filed on July 20, 2021, under Application No. 17/381,087.

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