ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,342,770, issued on July 1, was assigned to Oishii Farm Corp. (Jersey City, N.J.).

"Modular treatment device" was invented by Gregory Schroll (Denver), Timothy Brackbill (Lakewood, Colo.), Eric Adamson (Denver), Vincent Louie Chiu (Broomfield, Colo.) and Matthew Thomas White (Denver).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An agricultural robot includes a modular treatment device situated on top of a base. The modular treatment device includes a boom system having a first arm and a second arm. A plurality of light modules are located on the first arm and the second arm."

The patent was filed on June 28, 2024, under Application No. 18/759,481.

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