MUMBAI, India, Aug. 29 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517074471 A) filed by Daifuku Co. Ltd., Osaka, Japan, on Aug. 5, for 'plant cultivation method and cultivation system.'

Inventor(s) include Washio Naoki; Matsumoto Rika; Kita Nobuyuki; Yajima Hiromu; and Anno Kanji.

The application for the patent was published on Aug. 29, under issue no. 35/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "Provided is a plant cultivation method suitable for growing plants in a plant factory and also enabling the acquisition of fruits with good quality. The plant cultivation method includes: growing the plants from seeds by hydroponics from germination to before fruit formation, i.e., u...