ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,999, issued on July 14, was assigned to Predictive Nutrient Solutions Inc. (Walla Walla, Wash.).
"Growing media evaluation system and method" was invented by Kristopher Borgman (Walla Walla, Wash.) and Brennan A. Ingram (Battleground, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for evaluating soil characteristics. The system and method includes providing one or more soil test kits to a user, each kit including a soil sample container. The user is instructed to provide a soil sample from his/her growing area to the system for analysis using the container. The system evaluates the soil samples to identify nutrient levels, ...