US Patent Issued to Ferme d'Hiver Technologies on Jan. 28 for "Structure for modules of a plant growing facility" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,207,602, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Ferme d'Hiver Technologies Inc. (Brossard, Canada).

"Structure for modules of a plant growing facility" was invented by Yves D'Aoust (Saint-Lambert, Canada), Marie-Jose Montpetit (Boston) and Stephane Rainville (Montreal, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is a module for vertical farming. Vertical posts form a grid having rows in both the longitudinal direction and transverse direction. Diagonal support members are installed between posts in a longitudinal direction, along two opposed inner sides of the module, one being along a corridor for passage. In the transverse direction, other...