ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,660,763, issued on June 23.

"Automatic mechanical system in mass production indoor planting with soil" was invented by Jing-Yau Chung (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to a method for mass indoor production of vegetation, having the steps of: maintaining a train in a stationary position on a rail system inside an indoor enclosure during a growing period of the vegetation, wherein the train comprises a plurality of plant-pots interconnected by a plurality of push-pull bars, and wherein each of the plant-pots has at least one plant."

The patent was filed on June 18, 2025, under Application No. 19/242,608.

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