ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,369,534, issued on July 29, was assigned to Area 2 Farms, PBC (Arlington, Va.).
"Timed vertical plant transport in indoor farming" was invented by Tyler Baras (Pacifica, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multi-level vertical farm comprises a lift apparatus configured to carry growth trays from a bottom to a top position adjacent to a conveyor. The conveyor is configured to transport trays downwardly to near the bottom position and normally is fully loaded with adjacent trays along the entire conveyor. A growth tray in the lowest, bottom position is discharged out of that position to an irrigation or harvesting station. The discharg...