ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,508, issued on March 17.

"Saffron cultivation systems and methods" was invented by Masaru Nakajima (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cultivation system for indoor farming of saffron plants (Crocus sativus) and other plants can include one or more compartments coupled with one or more climate modules which are controlled by one or more control systems. The control system can be configured to control the climate modules to provide different climate conditions to different compartments for different stages of the plants growth. Further, the temperature, humidity, and lighting in the compartments can include cyclic sequences confi...