US Patent Issued to AutoStore Technology AS on Jan. 20 for "Vertical farming watering system and method" (Norwegian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,268, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to AutoStore Technology AS (Nedre Vats, Norway).

"Vertical farming watering system and method" was invented by Trond Austrheim (Etne, Norway) and Ivar Fjeldheim (Haugesund, Norway).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A watering system for a vertical farming facility has a stackable growth module having a load bearing frame to allow the growth module to be arranged in a self-supporting stack of other modules in a vertical farming facility. The growth module supports a vertically arranged growth board for supporting plants grown in the vertical farming facility where the plants grow in a horizontal direct...