ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,402,570, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Sensor Electronic Technology Inc. (Columbia, S.C.).
"Radiation-based mildew control" was invented by Arthur Peter Barber III (Lexington, S.C.), Alexander Dobrinsky (Vienna, Va.), Maxim S. Shatalov (Columbia, S.C.) and Michael Shur (Vienna, Va.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A solution for controlling mildew in a cultivated area is described. The solution can include a set of ultraviolet sources that are configured to emit ultraviolet and/or blue-ultraviolet radiation to harm mildew present on a plant or ground surface. A set of sensors can be utilized to acquire plant data for at least one plan...