ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,282, issued on May 13, was assigned to FARM RIGHT LLC (Shannon City, Iowa).

"Seed planting machine" was invented by Cody Shay (Shannon City, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seed planter for creating and planting together the combination of both seed and contents of a seed growing environment. The seed planter includes, for example, a wheeled frame configured with at least one soil opener and at least one soil closer for planting a field. A seed growing environment aggregator assembly has at least one input opening for receiving a plantable portion of a seed growth medium and seed from the seed hopper and at least one discharge ...