ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,314,897, issued on May 27, was assigned to University of Idaho (Moscow, Idaho).
"Apparatus and method for high throughput measurement of lodging resistance in crops" was invented by Daniel J. Robertson (Moscow, Idaho), Austin R. Bebee (Moscow, Idaho), George Clayton Bennett (Moscow, Idaho) and Christopher J. Stubbs (Moscow, Idaho).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus and embodiments of a method for using the apparatus to evaluate crop lodging resistance are disclosed. An exemplary apparatus includes a body having a height adjustable force bar coupled thereto and a force sensor configured to detect forces acting on the force bar. Fu...