ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,543,669, issued on Feb. 10.
"Independent wireless programmable irrigation valve" was invented by Michael Edward Klicpera (La Jolla, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a wireless programmable irrigation valve that has an electrical circuit with a microprocessor, CPU and/or a microcontroller with a data memory bank that can store watering program or schedule software instructions. The wireless irrigation valve is powered by a battery or super capacitor with electric generator. The wireless programmable irrigation valve does not need to be controlled by a local controller. The wireless programmable irriga...