ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,279,569, issued on April 22, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Apparatus for cultivating plants" was invented by Kiyoung Lim (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for cultivating plants according an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a cabinet forming a cultivation space; a machine room configured to be positioned below the cabinet; a bed configured to be mounted inside the cultivation space; a water tank configured to supply water to the bed; and a drain member configured to be positioned between the cultivation space and the machine room; wherein the bed includes a water coll...