ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,439,861, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Basket Case Imports Inc. (Canada).

"Plant pot and tray combination for use with ebb and flood substrates" was invented by Celene Eccles (Delta, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A plant pot and tray system, the system comprising: a plurality of plant pots, each plant pot comprising a bottom, which includes a plurality of apertures, a lower step extending outwardly and upwardly from the bottom, four sides extending upwardly from the lower step, an upper step extending outwardly from the sides, a rim extending outwardly from the upper step, a slot in opposing sides of the rim and a reinforcin...