Patents by Inventor Paul Andrew Mullins

Paul Andrew Mullins 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).

  • Methods and apparatus for agriculture
    Patent number: 12082522
    Abstract: An includes a soil-sensing arrangement. The apparatus (1) includes a seed-delivery mechanism. The soil-sensing arrangement includes one or more soil-sensing elements. Each of the one or more soil-sensing elements senses one or more conditions of the soil. The one or more soil-sensing elements can take the form of one or more soil-sensing tines (19). In the method, material is delivered to a locally-optimised soil depth LOD. In the method, there is at least periodic sensing of one or more conditions of the soil, and at two or more depths at mutually differing proximities to the locally-optimised depth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Sensortine Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Davidson Alexander Finlay, Wendy Louise Finlay, Paul Andrew Mullins, Gordon Stephen Howard
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR AGRICULTURE
    Publication number: 20220022365
    Abstract: An apparatus (1) and method are disclosed for seeding soil. The apparatus (1) comprises a soil-sensing arrangement. The apparatus (1) comprises a seed-delivery mechanism. The soil-sensing arrangement comprises one or more soil-sensing elements. Each of the one or more soil-sensing elements is configured to sense one or more conditions of the soil. The one or more soil-sensing elements can take the form of one or more soil-sensing tines 19. In the method, material is delivered to a locally-optimised soil depth LOD. In the method, there is at least periodic sensing of one or more conditions of the soil, and at two or more depths at mutually differing proximities to the locally-optimised depth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Davidson Alexander Finlay, Wendy Louise Finlay, Paul Andrew Mullins, Gordon Stephen Howard