{"id":883,"date":"2023-04-07T15:40:46","date_gmt":"2023-04-07T15:40:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leyton.majjane.agency\/us\/case_study\/rd-case-study-microplant-nurseries-claims-incentives-for-new-project-expenses\/"},"modified":"2026-08-28T21:21:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T19:21:49","slug":"rd-case-study-microplant-nurseries-claims-incentives-for-new-project-expenses","status":"publish","type":"case_study","link":"https:\/\/leyton.com\/us\/insights\/case-study\/rd-case-study-microplant-nurseries-claims-incentives-for-new-project-expenses\/","title":{"rendered":"R&#038;D Case Study: Credit claims support new project expenses"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/leyton.com\/us\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/4\/files\/2023\/03\/Untitled-design-57.jpg\" alt=\"Current Life Science Client Claims R&amp;D Tax Credit for 5 years\" \/><\/figure>\n<p><span class=\"leyton-stat-quote\">Current Life Science Client Claims R&amp;D Tax Credit for 5 years<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"case-study-intro\">Discover how Microplant Nurseries Inc, a research micropropagation open since the 1970s, has been able to benefit through continuously claiming tax incentives with Leyton from 2018-2022!<\/div>\n<div class=\"case-card\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/leyton.com\/us\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/4\/files\/2023\/03\/GettyImages-1401719994.jpg\" alt=\"How They Were Innovating\" \/><\/figure>\n<h2>How They Were Innovating<\/h2>\n<p>They have an<strong> in-house research and development team<\/strong> to conduct R&amp;D prior to the production of their plants. Microplant focused on trees and has since expanded into various other plants and vegetation including shrubs, blueberries, hazelnuts, raspberries, hops, grapes, perennials, timber products and bulb crops. They have produced more than 50 Genera and 500 cultivars with at least 3 times as many others attempted and\/or are currently working on in order to successfully develop the plants they do offer. This digital automation has increased their predictability, efficiency, and quality of all their plant products.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"case-card\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/leyton.com\/us\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/4\/files\/2023\/03\/GettyImages-1401720297.jpg\" alt=\"Impact of the R&amp;D Tax Credit\" \/><\/figure>\n<h2>Impact of the R&amp;D Tax Credit<\/h2>\n<p>Microplant Nurseries has been successfully growing plants wholesale and by contract micropropagation since its opening. They continue to test and develop new Stage 2 unrooted microcuttings and Stage 3 in vitro rooted plants for the 500 cultivars they have produced. Microplant Nurseries built and moved into a new building in 2000, which allowed them to computerize their entire process and connect their various departments. With the funds received from the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/leyton.com\/us\/rd-tax-credit-never-claimed\/\"><mark class=\"has-inline-color has-primary-color\">R&amp;D Tax Credit<\/mark><\/a><\/strong>, Jasinski says the credit will help Microplant Nurseries will &#8220;<strong>help in covering some recurring capital project expenses&#8221; <\/strong>to allow their innovation to continue.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p>Our experience with Leyton was seamless and easy in a process that could have been complicated and burdensome. We would highly recommend working with Leyton. We had avoided taking advantage of the R&amp;D Tax Credit in the past because we didn\u2019t have a way of recording\/reporting the information required. Leyton made that possible.<\/p>\n<p><cite>Jonathan Jasinski, COO \u2014 Mircroplant Nurseries Inc<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How Microplant Nurseries claimed multiple years of the R&#038;D Tax Credit!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":905,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[289,75],"tags":[101,173,191],"expertise":[370],"class_list":["post-883","case_study","type-case_study","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-life-sciences-en","category-rd-tax-credit-en","tag-innovation-en","tag-life-sciences-en","tag-micropropagation-en","expertise-innovation-funding-incentives"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.1 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Microplant Nurseries claims R&amp;D Tax Credit | Leyton<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Claiming the Research &amp; Development Tax Credit for life sciences. 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