ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,268,137, issued on April 8, was assigned to MJNN LLC (South San Francisco, Calif.).
"Indexing plants in two-dimensional and three-dimensional space in a controlled growing environment" was invented by Nathaniel R. Storey (Laramie, Wyo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A crop production system (100) for a controlled plant growing environment is provided. A subassembly comprises a guide portion that includes passive guides (104, 504, 904, 1004) radiating outward from a central portion (102, 502, 520, 911). Each passive guide may be separated from two adjacent passive guides by respective angles. Each passive guide has a first end proximal to...