Meet Soren Plante, the 5-year-old Utah inventor who became the world’s youngest active patent holder with a commercially useful gardening robot

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At just five, Soren Plante had already done something most inventors spend years trying to achieve. The Utah youngster became the world’s youngest active patent holder after developing a gardening robot designed for digging and excavation. What makes his story especially interesting is how naturally the idea grew from a child’s curiosity. His invention turned that curiosity into something practical, proving that useful ideas can come from surprisingly young minds.