ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,278, issued on May 27, was assigned to INSTANT SEED GMBH (Germany).

"Seed material pellets" was invented by Adam Krecisz (Berlin).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to seed material pellets of elongated form each comprising at least two seeds of elongated form, wherein the pellets consist of the seeds embedded within a matrix, wherein at least 80% of the seeds are oriented in directions essentially parallel to the pellets, and wherein the matrix does not comprise distinct layers of different constitution."

The patent was filed on June 6, 2023, under Application No. 18/206,263.

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