US Patent Issued to Monsanto Technology on March 11 for "System and method for automated phenotyping of shattered seed pods" (Missouri Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,247,966, issued on March 11, was assigned to Monsanto Technology LLC (St. Louis).

"System and method for automated phenotyping of shattered seed pods" was invented by Kelly Boddy (St. Louis), Dale Burns (St. Louis), Brian Forinash (St. Louis), Martin Gaudet (St. Louis), Alan Jackson (St. Louis) and Graham McGregor (St. Louis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seed pod shatter test system for determining the resistance to seed pod shattering in various plants, wherein the system comprises a mobile platform that is structured and operable to traverse at least one row of plants growing in plot, and at least one plant engaging head mounted to...