US Patent Issued to MJNN on May 5 for "Robotic harvesting system for vertical plant cultivation" (Wyoming, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,616,097, issued on May 5, was assigned to MJNN LLC (South San Francisco, Calif.).

"Robotic harvesting system for vertical plant cultivation" was invented by Damon Smith (Laramie, Wyo.), Kevin Grauberger (Laramie, Wyo.), Aunders Hallsten (Cheyenne, Wyo.), Nathaniel R. Storey (Laramie, Wyo.), Lucas Woodbury (Laramie, Wyo.) and Paul Kreiner (South San Francisco, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to apparatuses for plant harvesting. More specifically, apparatuses for harvesting vertically grown fruit (620), plants, or vegetables are described herein. In one embodiment a harvesting system includes a grow line ...