ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,745,716, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to AGNUITY INC. (Waxahachie, Texas).

"Photon source for promoting the growth and maturation rate of members of the plantae and protista kingdoms" was invented by Craig Satterfield (Waxahachie, Texas), Eugene Edward Wisakowsky (Waxahachie, Texas), Ashlynn Joy Fix (Waxahachie, Texas) and Sergio Alejandro Gonzalez Ibarra (Waxahachie, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A photon source for promoting the growth and maturation rate of members of the Plantae and Protista Kingdoms comprises a new luminous power source that provides the full range of light spectra by mimicking sunlight in a sunfleck (da...