ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,507,643, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Sprout Systems AG (Windlach, Switzerland).

"Grow pot for an aeroponic/hydroponic system, aeroponic system and assembly" was invented by Severin Kobelt (Windlach, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aeroponic system having a longitudinal hollow cylindrical grow tube with through-holes in the upper surface of the shell of the grow tube for accommodating grow pots with a hollow shell having an upper part and a lower part. The lower part has a plurality of cut-outs and the upper part has a flange to be supported on the edge of a through-hole of the grow tube and is a curved flange with a ...