ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,059, issued on June 30, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Plant cultivation apparatus" was invented by Yong Ki Jung (Seoul, South Korea) and Tae Yang Lee (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A plant cultivation apparatus has a lighting module that is provided above a bed in a cabinet, and the lighting module includes a light source part including a plurality of light sources, a lighting case in which the light source part is provided, and a lighting cover coupled to the lighting case and covering the light source part. The lighting module is removably mounted to the cabinet in a removable manner...