US Patent Issued to Heliponix on March 24 for "Automated plant growing system" (Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,057, issued on March 24, was assigned to Heliponix LLC (Evansville, Ind.).

"Automated plant growing system" was invented by Scott Massey (Evansville, Ind.) and Ivan Ball (Owensville, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for providing a growth environment for a plant positioned in an automated plant growing system is disclosed. Light sources with each light source positioned in the automated plant growing system to expose the plant to the light sources and to generate light to trigger photosynthesis in the plant. A controller that monitors a growth parameters associated with the plant to determine whether the growth parameter...