ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,677,767, issued on July 14, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Plant cultivation apparatus and control method for same" was invented by Imsung Yoo (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A plant cultivation apparatus includes a cabinet; a mixing tank provided inside the cabinet to store a nutrient solution provided to plants by mixing water and nutrients; a concentration detection unit provided inside the cabinet to measure the concentration of nutrients in the nutrient solution; a mixing tank water level detection unit provided in the mixing tank to measure the level of the nutrient solution; and a con...