US Patent Issued to Beanstalk on July 14 for "Methods and apparatus for indoor farming" (Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,677,766, issued on July 14, was assigned to Beanstalk Inc. (Herndon, Va.).

"Methods and apparatus for indoor farming" was invented by Jack L. Ross (Arlington, Va.) and Michael D. Ross (Arlington, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments described herein generally relate to systems and methods for indoor farming. Containers having a lid and a basin can be used to grow plants in stagnant liquid growing medium (e.g., water and nutrients). The lid can contain solid growing medium (e.g., dirt) and seeds and/or plants. The lid can define slots that allow roots of plants to access the liquid growing medium. The containers can be stored in...