ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,516, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to KSi Conveyor Inc. (Sabetha, Kan.).

"Seed treatment chamber with unapplied liquid treatment capture device and methods of use" was invented by Matthew J. Edelman (Sabetha, Kan.), Jason P. Kaeb (Sabetha, Kan.) and Dominic E. Meyer (Sabetha, Kan.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A treatment discharge catcher may be positioned at a terminal end of a treatment chamber. The treatment discharge catcher has a sloped member and a liquid collector. The sloped member extends downwardly and outwardly from a liquid dispenser. The liquid dispenser coats a particulate material with a treatment. Unapplied treatm...