Patents by Inventor Asa FORSUM

Asa FORSUM has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20190239448
    Abstract: A sowing unit is provided including water-absorbing material, an enclosure and a seed. The water-absorbing material is vermiculite, which is a hygroscopic negatively-charged material capable of binding a positively charged nutrient ion selected from NH4+, L-arginine, L-lysine and L-histidine. Further, there is least one hole in the water-absorbing material arranged to hold one or more seeds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: Jonas OHLUND, Asa FORSUM, Henrik SVENNERSTAM
  • Patent number: 10356974
    Abstract: A sowing unit including water-absorbing material, an enclosure and a seed, wherein the water-absorbing material includes a hygroscopic negatively-charged material capable of binding a positively charged nutrient ion selected from NH4+, L-arginine, L-lysine and L-histidine; and optionally a nutrient including a positively charged nutrient ion selected from K+, NH4+, L-arginine, L-lysine and L-histidine. Methods and uses of the sowing unit are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: SWETREE TECHNOLOGIES AB
    Inventors: Jonas Ohlund, Asa Forsum, Henrik Svennerstam
  • Publication number: 20160198621
    Abstract: A sowing unit including water-absorbing material, an enclosure and a seed, wherein the water-absorbing material includes a hygroscopic negatively-charged material capable of binding a positively charged nutrient ion selected from NH4+, L-arginine, L-lysine and L-histidine; and optionally a nutrient including a positively charged nutrient ion selected from K+, NH4+, L-arginine, L-lysine and L-histidine. Methods and uses of the sowing unit are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Inventors: Jonas OHLUND, Asa FORSUM, Henrik SVENNERSTAM, Hans WINSA