US Patent Issued to Automated Harvesting Solutions on Nov. 25 for "De-leafing apparatus for removing leaves of harvestable crops" (Washington Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,477,989, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Automated Harvesting Solutions LLC (Burlington, Wash.).

"De-leafing apparatus for removing leaves of harvestable crops" was invented by Anthony Wisdom (Burlington, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A harvester selectively harvests edible crowns ready for harvesting. The harvester may include an imaging system for capturing image(s) of the edible crowns and a de-leafing component that removes leaves of the broccoli plant. For example, broccoli plants typically have an abundance of leaves that reside beneath, alongside of, and even above the edible crowns. The leaves may conceal the edible cro...