US Patent Issued to Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey on April 7 for "Automated growth system for floating aquatic plants and method" (New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,593,764, issued on April 7, was assigned to Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, N.J.).

"Automated growth system for floating aquatic plants and method" was invented by Eric Lam (East Brunswick, N.J.) and Shawn D. Sorrels (Somerset, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hydroponic system for cultivation and harvesting of floating aquatic plants is provided. The hydroponic system includes an arrangement of a plurality of vertically-stacked cultivation trays, each tray containing an amount of fluent media on which floating aquatic plants are able to grow. The hydroponic system also includes a media reservoir in which...