Plant husbandry – Receptacle for growing medium – Monolythic
Reexamination Certificate
2005-07-12
2005-07-12
Poon, Peter M. (Department: 3643)
Plant husbandry
Receptacle for growing medium
Monolythic
C047S086000, C047S073000, C047S077000, C047S066200, C047S066700, C047S901000, C206S423000, C206S558000, C206S564000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06915607
ABSTRACT:
A transplanting system including both methods and specific types of transplant apparatus such as propagule transplant trays(3, 4, 5, 6) addresses the need for the use of a propagule punch machine (8) on a variety of adolescent tray configurations (9, 11, 12,e.g.) and the increased operational efficiency that such enhanced operational capability affords. The system may involve at least one areally continuous propagule tray (3, 4, 5, 6) that is operationally compatible with a numerically significant number of adolescent plant trays. Other embodiments of the invention disclose punch pins (59) for use in a plant punch machine transplanter that are user-detachable and differentially designed so that plant punch elements of a certain design may be installed as part of the machine to customize the transplant process for a given species and transplant modality. The invention also provides for a consultable collection (such as printed documents or an electronic database, e.g.) of plant transplant process information usable to increase transplant process efficiency.
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Blackmore, Jr. Fred Naylor
Kluth William A.
Tagawa George H.
Tagawa Kenneth K.
Tagawa Randall E.
Poon Peter M.
Santangelo Law Offices P.C.
Tagawa Greenhouses, Inc.
Valenti Andrea M.
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