AgriFORCE Growing Systems announced that it has been granted a patent, titled “Automated Growing Systems,” by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) related to proprietary systems and technologies within the company’s controlled environment agriculture facility, FORCEGH+ .
The patent is the first to be issued among a group of patent applications related to the company’s automated growth systems, with this patent specifically covering the growth channel component, which allows a different plants that grow within a channel. AgriFORCE has developed specific, data-driven cultivation strategies that begin with tissue culture/micropropagation and that result in plants that reach their full genetic potential. Throughout the plant’s life cycle, these proprietary and integrated systems provide sustainable and holistic solutions.
“We continue to develop and strengthen our intellectual property portfolio, which is the core of our strategy,” commented Ingo Mueller, Chief Executive Officer of AgriFORCE. “With this granted patent, we protect our new technologies and designs that achieve higher yields through sustainable processes. The issuance of this latest patent is particularly timely as we lay the groundwork for the development of the first Coachella Campus for our proprietary and state-of-the-art FORCEGH+ CEA facility. We believe that our revolutionary facility design combined with our advanced indoor agriculture systems represent the next generation of food and plant production for consumers.
“This patent award is an important milestone, as it represents the first patent granted by the USPTO in a series of patent applications submitted and is critical to our progress toward making agriculture clean, green , and better. With this patent, we cover key aspects of our fully integrated technologies that differentiate our solutions from others on the market. We are proud to build on our strong IP portfolio and expect to announce additional developments related to FORCEGH+ and other IP-driven initiatives in the coming months,” said Troy McClellan, President of AgriFORCE Solutions.
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