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US 2006/0064930 A1Published application
Manufactured seed having a live end seal coating
OwnerWilliam Carlson, Jessie Wetzbarger +1inventors
InventorsWilliam Carlson, Jessie Wetzbarger, Jeffrey Hartle
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Abstract
An artificial seed (20) is provided. The artificial seed includes a seed shell (24) and a restraint (30) disposed within the seed shell. The restraint includes a cavity (34) sized and configured to receive an embryo (42) therein. The artificial seed also includes a seal disposed on a surface of the seed shell, and the seal includes a least a primary end seal (44), a secondary end seal (21) and a tertiary seal (60).
Claims20
An artificial seed, comprising:
- (a) a seed shell;
- (b) a restraint disposed within the seed shell and having a cavity housing an embryo;
- (c) a primary end seal attached to one end of the seed shell;
- (d) a secondary end seal disposed over the primary end seal;
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- (e) a tertiary seal attached to the secondary end seal.
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An artificial seed, comprising:
- (a) a seed shell having a cavity sized and configured to receive an embryo;
- (b) a live end seal attached to the seed shell and positioned to substantially seal the embryo within the seed shell;
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- (c) a tertiary seal attached to the live end seal, the tertiary seal including an anti-microbial agent for applying a pesticide to a germinating embryo.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.