US Patent Issued to SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION on Oct. 7 for "Plant injection apparatus and method" (New Zealander Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,205, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG (Basel, Switzerland).

"Plant injection apparatus and method" was invented by Grant Sinclair (Oamaru, New Zealand) and Paul Buckley (Oamaru, New Zealand).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus for injecting liquid into a plant comprising a variable volume dosing chamber with a plunger disposed within the chamber and a chamber inlet and outlet, the inlet and outlet in fluid communication with a common volume of the chamber. The apparatus also comprises a motor and a processor. The motor is configured to drive movement of the piston plunger causing a change in volume in ...