ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,396,406, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Plant container with insertion cover and guide cover" was invented by Kyukwan Choi (Seoul, South Korea), Minsub Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Yong Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Joosang Kim (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A plant container according to the present invention comprises: a container having a cultivation space therein and having an open upper surface; a guide cover covering the open upper surface of the container and having a plurality of guide openings spaced apart from each other; a medium arranged inside the container and h...