Patent ID: 9456541
Filing Date: 2016-10-04
CPC Classification: A01C,A01H

Claim Text:
1. An embryo insertion method comprising: (a) aligning a pick-up device having a plant embryo loaded therein with a manufactured seed having a restraint such that the plant embryo is located above a cavity of the restraint; (b) lowering an embryo insertion system over the plant embryo loaded in the pick-up device such that an embryo insertion member of the embryo insertion system surrounds the plant embryo, wherein the embryo insertion member includes a notch adapted to receive the pick-up device when the embryo insertion member surrounds the plant embryo; (c) releasing the plant embryo from the pick-up device to thereby deposit the plant embryo in the cavity of the manufactured seed; and (d) depositing a fill material into the cavity via a fill material conveyance device;