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US 7,024,817 B2Granted
Magic bean wishes
OwnerJeffrey Zehner, Erika Zehnerinventors
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Abstract
A novelty item and method of making same, include a non-germinated dicot seed with a word, symbol, or the like, etched through the seed coating to the cotyledon which remains visible from the time the seedling sprouts through the surface of the soil throughout the germination period.
Claims4
A method of creating a novelty item comprising the steps of
- a) obtaining a non-germinated dicot seed;
- b) etching said dicot seed's cotyledon through its seed coat with a word or symbol, which will continue to appear on said dicot seed throughout its gemination as said seed coat splits and is carried above an upper surface of a soil in which said seed is planted by a stalk of said resulting plant.
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