ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,256, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Ceres Greenhouse Solutions LLC (Boulder, Colo.).
"Energy efficient enclosure temperature regulation system" was invented by Marc Plinke (Boulder, Colo.), Swapnil Kumar (Louisville, Colo.), Lindsey Schiller (Austin, Texas) and Christian Lee Houpe (Boulder, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A greenhouse, for cold weather climates, is configured with a gable that is offset toward the north wall and therefore the south extension of the roof, from the gable to the south wall is longer than the north extension. A greater amount of light can enter through this south extension and the inside surface...