	US 12,465,046 B2
	Pollen collection methods, pollen compositions and uses thereof
Shawn Kaeppler, Middleton, WI (US); Heidi Kaeppler, Middleton, WI (US); Michael William Petersen, Merrimac, WI (US); Brian Joseph Martinell, Mount Horeb, WI (US); and Frank McFarland, Middleton, WI (US)
Assigned to WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION, Madison, WI (US)
Filed by Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (US)
Filed on Apr. 30, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/650,704.
Application 18/650,704 is a continuation of application No. 17/694,200, filed on Mar. 14, 2022, granted, now 11,998,007.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/160,427, filed on Mar. 12, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0292833 A1, Sep. 5, 2024
Int. Cl. A01N 3/00 (2006.01); A01H 5/10 (2018.01); A01H 6/46 (2018.01)

CPC A01N 3/00 (2013.01) [A01H 5/10 (2013.01); A01H 6/4684 (2018.05)]

14 Claims

1. A method of making a composition the method comprising:

a. harvesting pollen from a maize plant;

b. straining the pollen through at least one sieve;

c. collecting the pollen that passes through the at least one sieve;

d. mixing the collected pollen with an plastic powder to produce a pollen-plastic powder mixture, wherein the plastic powder has a particle size that is between about 20% to about 200% of a particle size of the pollen;

e. storing the pollen-plastic powder mixture in a sealed vessel to produce a stored pollen-plastic powder mixture; and

f. straining the stored pollen-plastic powder mixture prior to use.