ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,538,878, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

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

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for cultivating plants, the apparatus includes a cabinet having a cultivation space; a door opening and closing the cultivation space; a cultivation shelf disposed inside the cultivation space and on which a seed package containing plants for cultivation is seated; a lighting device for radiating light to the cultivation shelf; a water tank provided inside the ...