US Patent Issued to August Schwenk on May 13 for "Cannabis plant and harvesting tool" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,290, issued on May 13, was assigned to August Schwenk (Albany, N.Y.).

"Cannabis plant and harvesting tool" was invented by August Schwenk (Albany, N.Y.), Augustine Verciglio (Rochester, N.Y.) and Richard Share (Macedon, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Harvesting devices and methods for cannabis plants that enable efficient harvesting of floral material from cannabis plants. In various embodiments, the harvesting devices better facilitate the holding of the cannabis plant during the bucking process. In various embodiments, the harvesting devices better facilitate the bucking process and specifically the removal of the floral mater...