US Patent Issued to Ubiqutek on Sept. 22 for "Apparatus and method for electrically killing plants" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,740,555, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Ubiqutek Ltd. (Warwickshire, Great Britain).

"Apparatus and method for electrically killing plants" was invented by Andrew Diprose (London) and Pravin Iyengar (Banbury, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Electrical apparatus to kill a plant or at least attenuate plant growth, the apparatus comprising: an electrical energy supply unit; a applicator unit comprising an applicator electrode; a return unit comprising a return electrode; the electrical energy supply unit arranged to apply electrical energy through a transmission circuit comprising the applicator electrode, and the return ...