US Patent Issued to GTX TURF FARMS on July 8 for "Seedmat for growing plants" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,349,617, issued on July 8, was assigned to GTX TURF FARMS LP (Santa Barbara, Calif.).

"Seedmat for growing plants" was invented by Andrew Tobias (Santa Barbara, Calif.) and Bryan Foster (Santa Barbara, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seedmat for growing plants, the seedmat comprises a biodegradable base layer, a seed layer and a biodegradable cover layer. The seed layer includes fertilizer granules or pellets that each have a coating, such as a polymer coating, that enables the pellets to absorb water and to slowly release that water, together with fertilizer."

The patent was filed on Nov. 7, 2019, under Application No. 17/292,09...