Patents by Inventor Antonio Carlos Santos

Antonio Carlos Santos 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).

  • Device and method for pollinating plants
    Patent number: 11641817
    Abstract: A pollinating device for pollinating crop plants includes a base mountable on a carriage. At least one pollination unit is mounted on the base and includes a pollen-releasing apparatus configured to release pollen from male flowers of the plants and at least one nozzle for directing fluid along a flow path for delivering at least some of the released pollen to the pollen-receiving rows of crop plants. Certain pollinating devices include multiple pollination units spaced apart along a width of the base. Some pollination units include at least two opposing nozzles. Plants are pollinated by driving the carriage along a field and directing air from the nozzles over the pollen born by some plants to deliver the pollen to female flowers of other plants in the field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Diego Almeida Aguiar, Eric L. Borrowman, Diego Campos, Amanuel G. Ghebretinsae, Jeffrey L. Kohne, Aldo Barbosa Lima, Jason T. Mitchell, Antonio Carlos Santos, Isaías Segovia, Gretchen E. Spiess
  • DEVICE AND METHOD FOR POLLINATING PLANTS
    Publication number: 20190364753
    Abstract: A pollinating device for pollinating crop plants includes a base mountable on a carriage. At least one pollination unit is mounted on the base and includes a pollen-releasing apparatus configured to release pollen from male flowers of the plants and at least one nozzle for directing fluid along a flow path for delivering at least some of the released pollen to the pollen-receiving rows of crop plants. Certain pollinating devices include multiple pollination units spaced apart along a width of the base. Some pollination units include at least two opposing nozzles. Plants are pollinated by driving the carriage along a field and directing air from the nozzles over the pollen born by some plants to deliver the pollen to female flowers of other plants in the field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2018
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Diego Almeida Aguiar, Eric L. Borrowman, Diego Campos, Amanuel G. Ghebretinsae, Jeffrey L. Kohne, Aldo Barbosa Lima, Jason T. Mitchell, Antonio Carlos Santos, Isaías Segovia, Gretchen E. Spiess