US Patent Issued to New AeroFarms on Sept. 8 for "Modular tray and tray assemblies therefrom" (Virginia, New York, New Jersey, Nevada Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,033, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to New AeroFarms Inc. (Ringgold, Va.).

"Modular tray and tray assemblies therefrom" was invented by Mark Ira Rosen (Franklin, N.J.), Nicholas Philip Robert Barclay (New York), Justin Robert Zabilansky (Danville, Va.) and John James Tarter (Henderson, Nev.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the disclosure relate to tray modules and tray assemblies made from interconnected tray modules. The modular tray assemblies can be used in indoor farming with a soilless growth medium to germinate seeds, develop plants from the germinated seeds, and harvest the developed plants. The tray modules maki...