ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,559, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to MJNN LLC (South San Francisco, Calif.).

"Apparatus for grow tower weight measurement" was invented by Damon Smith (Laramie, Wyo.), Kevin Grauberger (Laramie, Wyo.), Aunders Hallsten (Cheyenne, Wyo.) and Gage Coffin (Los Altos Hills, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for weight measurement of grow towers and/or grow lines with grow towers disposed thereon. In various embodiments, compression type, tension type, and/or beam type load cells may be positioned at various locations within the apparatus to facilitate weight measurement. In one embodime...