US Patent Issued to TIENSE SUIKERRAFFINADERIJ, MEAM on Nov. 11 for "Device for treating weeds by means of microwaves" (Belgian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,042, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to TIENSE SUIKERRAFFINADERIJ NV (Belgium) and MEAM BV (Belgium).

"Device for treating weeds by means of microwaves" was invented by Carlo Groffils (Herent, Belgium), Karel Groffils (Herent, Belgium) and Minh Cuong Tran (Heverlee, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are methods and apparatus for treating weeds, and more specifically treating weeds by use of microwaves."

The patent was filed on Jan. 26, 2022, under Application No. 18/275,348.

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