US Patent Issued to AutoStore Technology AS on March 3 for "Vertical farming system" (Norwegian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,141, issued on March 3, was assigned to AutoStore Technology AS (Nedre Vats, Norway).

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

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automated vertical farming system, includes a framework structure forming a grid storage arrangement. One or more module handling vehicles are arranged to travel and transport modules along a rail system. A control system is configured to control the travel and operation of the one or more module handling vehicles. Stackable growth modules are arranged to support growing plants, the growth modules having a ...