ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,369,538, issued on July 29.

"Coppice-with-standard, process for establishing the coppice-with-standard, and process for converting the coppice-with-standard into a commercial-permanent-forest" was invented by Michael Nuernberger (Brand bei Marktredwitz, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Coppice-with-standard with at least three permanent forest strips comprising permanent forest trees and at least two coppice strips comprising coppice trees, wherein coppice strips and permanent forest strips are arranged alternately, so that recurrently at least one coppice strip is arranged between two permanent forest strips immediately adjacent t...