US Patent Issued to Monsanto Technology on May 13 for "Automated systems for removing tissue samples from seeds, and related methods" (Missouri Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,252, issued on May 13, was assigned to Monsanto Technology LLC (Saint Louis, Mo.).

"Automated systems for removing tissue samples from seeds, and related methods" was invented by Wayne Brown (St. Charles, Mo.), Michael Joseph Dayawon (St. Louis), David Finley (St. Louis), William Michael Fischer (St. Peters, Mo.), Yang Ju Im (Ellisville, Mo.), John Michael Jensen (St. Charles, Mo.), Jeffrey Lawrence Kohne (Kirkwood, Mo.) and Matthew J. Weis (St. Louis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seed sampling system is provided comprising an automated seed loading assembly operable to singulate seeds from a plurality of seeds or enable loading o...