ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,000, issued on April 29, was assigned to Ubiqutek LTD (Birmingham, Great Britain).
"Apparatus and method for electrically killing plants" was invented by Michael Frederik Diprose (Royal Sutton Coldfield, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical energy processing unit of an apparatus to kill a plant or at least attenuate plant growth is disclosed. The electrical energy processing unit includes a converter and a control circuit. Also disclosed are an apparatus that includes the electrical energy processing unit and a method of utilizing the apparatus. Further disclosed are a computer program for a processor of the cont...