# US 10,117,375 B2 · Triggerable support package for seeds > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,117,375 B2 - Document ID: US10117375B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/333,621 - Filed: 2016-10-25 - Published: 2017-02-09 - Granted: 2018-11-06 - Earliest claimed: 2013-07-31 - Assignees: Elwha LLC - Applicants: Elwha LLC - Inventors: Roderick A. Hyde - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10117375B2 ## CPC - A01C 1/00: Apparatus, or methods of use thereof, for testing or treating seed, roots, or the like, prior to sowing or planting - A01C 1/06: Coating or dressing seed - A01C 21/00: Methods of fertilising {, sowing or planting} - A01C 21/007: {Determining fertilization requirements} - A01G 22/00: Cultivation of specific crops or plants not otherwise provided for - A01G 25/165: {Cyclic operations, timing systems, timing valves, impulse operations} - A01G 25/167: {Control by humidity of the soil itself or of devices simulating soil or of the atmosphere; Soil humidity sensors} - A01N 25/00: Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators, characterised by their forms, or by their non-active ingredients or by their methods of application {, e.g. seed treatment or sequential application}; Substances for reducing the noxious effect of the active ingredients to organisms other than pests - C05G 5/45: {Form not covered by groups C05G5/10 - C05G5/18, C05G5/20 - C05G5/27, C05G5/30 - C05G5/38 or C05G5/40, e.g. soluble or permeable packaging} - G06K 7/10475: {arrangements to facilitate interaction with further interrogation devices, e.g. such that at least two interrogation devices may function and cooperate in a network of such devices} - H04Q 9/00: Arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station, in which substation desired apparatus is selected for applying a control signal thereto or for obtaining measured values therefrom - A01C: PLANTING; SOWING; FERTILISING (parts, details or accessories of agricultural machines or implements, in general A01B51/00 - A01B75/00) - A01G: HORTICULTURE; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPS OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; WATERING (picking of fruits, vegetables, hops or the like A01D46/00; propagating unicellular algae C12N1/12) - A01N: PRESERVATION OF BODIES OF HUMANS OR ANIMALS OR PLANTS OR PARTS THEREOF (preservation of food or foodstuff A23); BIOCIDES, e.g. AS DISINFECTANTS, AS PESTICIDES OR AS HERBICIDES (preparations for medical, dental or toiletry purposes which kill or prevent the growth or proliferation of unwanted organisms A61K); PEST REPELLANTS OR ATTRACTANTS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS - C05G: MIXTURES OF FERTILISERS COVERED INDIVIDUALLY BY DIFFERENT SUBCLASSES OF CLASS C05; MIXTURES OF ONE OR MORE FERTILISERS WITH MATERIALS NOT HAVING A SPECIFIC FERTILISING ACTIVITY, e.g. PESTICIDES, SOIL-CONDITIONERS, WETTING AGENTS (organic fertilisers containing added bacterial cultures, mycelia, or the like C05F11/08; organic fertilisers containing plant vitamins or hormones C05F11/10); FERTILISERS CHARACTERISED BY THEIR FORM - G06K: GRAPHICAL DATA READING (image or video recognition or understanding G06V); PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS - H04Q: SELECTING (switches, relays, selectors H01H; wireless communication networks H04W) ## Abstract A system for enhancement of crop production includes a triggerable seed support package. The triggerable seed support package has a payload including seed enhancement material, where the payload is configured to be released in response to a trigger. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A system for enhancement of crop production, comprising: a triggerable seed support package comprising: a payload including seed enhancement material, wherein the payload is configured to be released in response to a trigger at least substantially synchronous with other seed support packages in a specific area of a crop. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the seed support package includes a seed. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the seed support package includes multiple seeds. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the seed support package is configured to support an external seed. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein a packaging material of the seed support package is configured to enclose the payload. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the seed enhancement material includes at least one of a micronutrient, a probiotic, a chemical, and a plant hormone. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the trigger is configured to release the payload. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the trigger is time-based. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, wherein the trigger is a mechanical time-based trigger that is configured to cause a compartment of the seed support package to open to cause a release of the seed enhancement material at a specific time. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, wherein the trigger is configured to cause a release of the seed enhancement material after a specific amount of time has elapsed. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the trigger includes a fertilizer configured to penetrate the seed support package to thereby cause the release of the payload. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The system of claim 11, wherein the fertilizer is further configured to activate the seed enhancement material. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein packaging material of the seed support package is configured to be reactive to moisture, and wherein the trigger includes moisture in the soil.