ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,538,875, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Ellepot A/S (Esbjerg N, Denmark).

"System for packaging growth medium pots into propagation trays, and distributor apparatuses therefor" was invented by Lars Peter Bilde Hansen (Vejen, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for packaging growth medium pots onto propagation trays is provided. The system includes an apparatus adapted for producing a length of growth medium cut into growth medium pots of suitable size; and a distributor apparatus adapted for positioning growth medium pots into a propagation tray or the like. The distributor apparatus comprises a) a first apparatus, b) a con...