US Patent Issued to Escarda Technologies on Nov. 18 for "Weed control module and device and method for laser-based weed control" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,588, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Escarda Technologies GmbH (Berlin).

"Weed control module and device and method for laser-based weed control" was invented by Philipp Allgeuer (Berlin), Viktor Gaus (Berlin), Ragith Ayyappan Kutty (Berlin), Eike Christian Muhra (Berlin) and Julio Cesar Pastrana Perez (Berlin).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laser-based weed control module (1) and a device and a method for laser-based weed control, which permit targeted control of weed plants (17) on agricultural areas (15) with high effectiveness and simultaneously high efficiency. The weed control module (1) comprises an image detection unit fo...