ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,293, issued on May 27, was assigned to ETEROS TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Surrey, Canada).

"Plant trimming apparatus and methods" was invented by Erik Ingram (Abbotsford, Canada), Aaron Mckellar (Maple Ridge, Canada), Joe Heywood (New Westminster, Canada) and Rudi Klossok (Coquitlam, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for trimming plant material includes a housing having at least one receptacle configured to removably receive at least one cutting reel system to rest unsecured therein. The housing includes a closeable lid having retention structure configured to operably secure the at least one cutting reel system in the at lea...