US Patent Issued to Pioneer Hi-Bred International on Sept. 23 for "Automated precision pollen applicator for row crops" (American, Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,234, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).

"Automated precision pollen applicator for row crops" was invented by Martin Arbelbide (Eau Claire, Wis.), Brice Floyd (West Des Moines, Iowa), Jeremy K Johnson (Roland, Iowa), Nitin Kandpal (Hyderabad, India), Collin Lamkey (Mankato, Minn.), Manuel E Ruidiaz (Sacramento, Calif.), Alexander Sack (Hillsborough, N.J.), Stacy Thorson (Grimes, Iowa) and Jeffrey Dale Wille (Ankeny, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Automated precision applicator for row crops with dual sided applicators that can be used to direct pollen to multiple areas of th...