US Patent Issued to VIRIDIS ARBOR on July 8 for "Apparatus and method of creating wetlands in hot arid environments" (New Jersey Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,349,618, issued on July 8, was assigned to VIRIDIS ARBOR LLC (Verona, N.J.).

"Apparatus and method of creating wetlands in hot arid environments" was invented by Gary E. Abeles (Verona, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of creating a wetland in a hot, arid, location includes identifying or establishing a channel of flowing water at the arid location, and installing therein a mat containing seeds, and/or seedlings, and a super absorbent polymer (SAP). Water from the channel is applied to hydrate the SAP, and both edible and dam-constructing vegetation is allowed to grow and mature from the seeds and/or seedlings. Beavers are the...