Patent ID: 7784500

Claim:
A method for filling a seedcoat with a fluid to a selected level, the seedcoat defining an open ended cavity, the method comprising: placing a discharge port of a fluid dispensing device within the open ended cavity at a selected position associated with the selected level, the fluid dispensing device comprising the discharge port, a fluid reservoir in conditional fluid communication with the discharge port, and a vacuum pressure reservoir, separate from the fluid reservoir, in conditional fluid communication with the discharge port, wherein only one of the fluid reservoir and the vacuum pressure reservoir are in fluid communication with the discharge port at one time; dispensing fluid from the fluid reservoir through the discharge port into the seedcoat to fill the seedcoat with a second level of fluid that exceeds the selected level; and removing a quantity of the fluid from the seedcoat to the vacuum pressure reservoir by the discharge port substantially equal to the amount of the fluid that exceeds the selected level.