ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,254,435, issued on March 18.
"Methods and apparatus for performing agricultural transactions" was invented by Mark Coast (Boerne, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, apparatus, and methods for transacting, recording, validating and/or verifying agricultural products and its proceeds. The 2018 Farm Act rescinded industrial hemp from Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). Although industrial hemp has a variety of uses, the Government's biggest concern is the ingestion of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD). Commercial regulation typically balances a variety of factors: e.g., consumer protection, regulato...