ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,356,905, issued on July 15.

"Aquaponic system and method of plant cultivation" was invented by Mohamed Alnuaimi (Sharjah, United Arab Emirates).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is disclosed a system and method of cultivating plants or crops, comprising a grow field configured to support plant or crop cultivation, the grow field comprising a first reservoir proximate to a first end of the grow field, configured to produce a waste nutrient stream, a second reservoir proximate to the second end of the grow field, wherein the second reservoir is configured to act as a settling tank for the produced waste nutrient stream; an Artificial Int...