ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,493, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to CROCUS LABS GMBH (Berlin).

"Controlled environment agriculture method and system for plant cultivation" was invented by Prashanth Makaram (Berlin).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a controlled environment agriculture for plant cultivation using artificial lights. The artificial lights comprise an array of light emitting diodes fabricated using gallium nitride, each gallium nitride operable over a wavelength of 380 nm to 900 nm. The array of light emitting diodes include at least one integrated drive controller and at least sensor. The controlled environment agriculture inc...