Patents by Inventor Michael Joseph DAYAWON

Michael Joseph DAYAWON 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).

  • Automated Systems For Removing Tissue Samples From Seeds, And Related Methods
    Publication number: 20230296530
    Abstract: A seed sampling system is provided comprising an automated seed loading assembly operable to singulate seeds from a plurality of seeds or enable loading of individually stored seeds and an automated seed sampling assembly comprising at least one sampling module operable to remove tissue samples from one of the singulated seeds. The system also includes an automated seed transport assembly comprising at least one retention member operable to transfer the singulated seeds from at least one elevator unit of the seed loading assembly to the at least one sampling module of the seed sampling assembly. In connection therewith, the at least one sampling module includes multiple sampling locations, each associated with a sampler, where the at least one sampling module is operable to remove tissue samples from seeds at one of sampling locations while another one of the sampling locations is cleaned to remove residual seed tissue therefrom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Wayne BROWN, Michael Joseph DAYAWON, David FINLEY, William Michael FISCHER, Yang Ju IM, John Michael JENSEN, Jeffrey Lawrence KOHNE, Matthew J. WEIS
  • Automated systems for removing tissue samples from seeds, and related methods
    Patent number: 11698345
    Abstract: A seed sampling system is provided comprising an automated seed loading assembly operable to singulate seeds from a plurality of seeds or enable loading of individually stored seeds and an automated seed sampling assembly comprising at least one sampling module operable to remove tissue samples from one of the singulated seeds. The system also includes an automated seed transport assembly comprising at least one retention member operable to transfer the singulated seeds from at least one elevator unit of the seed loading assembly to the at least one sampling module of the seed sampling assembly. In connection therewith, the at least one sampling module includes multiple sampling locations, each associated with a sampler, where the at least one sampling module is operable to remove tissue samples from seeds at one of sampling locations while another one of the sampling locations is cleaned to remove residual seed tissue therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: Wayne Brown, Michael Joseph Dayawon, David W. Finley, William Michael Fischer, Yang Ju Im, John Michael Jensen, Jeffrey Lawrence Kohne, Matthew J. Weis
  • Automated Systems For Removing Tissue Samples From Seeds, And Related Methods
    Publication number: 20210148830
    Abstract: A seed sampling system is provided comprising an automated seed loading assembly operable to singulate seeds from a plurality of seeds or enable loading of individually stored seeds and an automated seed sampling assembly comprising at least one sampling module operable to remove tissue samples from one of the singulated seeds. The system also includes an automated seed transport assembly comprising at least one retention member operable to transfer the singulated seeds from at least one elevator unit of the seed loading assembly to the at least one sampling module of the seed sampling assembly. In connection therewith, the at least one sampling module includes multiple sampling locations, each associated with a sampler, where the at least one sampling module is operable to remove tissue samples from seeds at one of sampling locations while another one of the sampling locations is cleaned to remove residual seed tissue therefrom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Wayne BROWN, Michael Joseph DAYAWON, David W. FINLEY, William Michael FISCHER, Yang Ju IM, John Michael JENSEN, Jeffrey Lawrence KOHNE, Matthew J. WEIS