ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,622,432, issued on May 12, was assigned to BASF SE (Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany).

"Plant cultivation method" was invented by Martin Koenemann (Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany), Hannah Stephanie Mangold (Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany), Bruno Pollet (Nevele, Belgium) and Sorin Ivanovici (Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a plant cultivation method for modifying at least one agricultural property of a cultivated plant where the agricultural property is susceptible to modification by irradiating at least part of the plant with light comprising the steps of (a) providing at least one ligh...