ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,547, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Monsanto Technology LLC (Saint Louis, Mo.).
"Device and method for pollen collection" was invented by Zachary Boyer (Fenton, Mo.), Plinio Tadeu Cristofoletti Jr. (Uberlandia, Brazil), Justin Scott Kayser (Wentzville, Mo.), Jeffrey Steven Morris (Saint Charles, Mo.), Payman Rassoolkhani (Maryland Heights, Mo.) and Felipe Camargo Rosa (Uberlandia, Brazil).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pollen collection device for collecting pollen from crop plants grown in rows includes a housing assembly configured to be mounted on a base for being transported through a row of crop plants. The housing assemb...