ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,772,963, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to METAWATER Co. Ltd. (Tokyo) and Plantform Inc. (Niigata, Japan).

"Production system, program, control method, and production method" was invented by Naoe Wyckoff (Nagaoka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A water treatment system 1 includes at least one aquaculture water tank 10 configured to culture water creatures; at least one hydroponic culture water tank 20 configured to hydroponically grow plants; and a water treatment device 30 configured to treat water discharged from the aquaculture water tank 10 and supply the treated water to the hydroponic culture water tank 20. The water treatme...