ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,538,877, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to 80 ACRES URBAN AGRICULTURE INC. (Hamilton, Ohio).

"Ventilation systems and related methods" was invented by Patricia C. Livingston (Hamilton, Ohio), Mike Zelkind (Hamilton, Ohio), Robert Schouten (CG Delft, Netherlands) and Kees Breukel (CG Delft, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ventilation system may include at least one air handler configured to supply an air flow to an enclosed grow zone and at least one heat pump coupled the at least one air handler and to at least one dry cooler. The at least one heat pump is operable in a first mode of operation in which a heat exchange fluid i...