US Patent Issued to VIRIDIS ARBOR on April 7 for "Apparatus and method of extracting water-soluble minerals from an arid environment" (New Jersey Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,593,744, issued on April 7, was assigned to VIRIDIS ARBOR LLC (Verona, N.J.).

"Apparatus and method of extracting water-soluble minerals from an arid environment" was invented by Gary E. Abeles (Verona, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of extracting water-soluble minerals from an arid location includes identifying or establishing a channel of flowing water at the arid location, and installing a mat containing seeds, and/or seedlings, and a super absorbent polymer (SAP). A perforated, transparent cover sheet is placed on or above the mat. Water is applied to the SAP, such that both edible and dam-constructing vegetation grows ...