William P George

US Patent:

D2565439, Aug 26, 1980

Filed:

Dec 8, 1975

Appl. No.:

5/638460

Inventors:

William George - Sparks NV

International Classification:

D0799
D1399

US Classification:

D 8 40

US Patent:

20180014471, Jan 18, 2018

Filed:

Sep 28, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/278181

Inventors:

- South San Francisco CA, US
Jack OSLAN - Henderson NV, US
Nate MAZONSON - Menlo Park CA, US
Nathaniel R. STOREY - Laramie WY, US
Daniel COOK - Woodside CA, US
Philip E. BEATTY - Tualatin OR, US
John L. WHITCHER - Tualatin OR, US
Christopher K. CONWAY - Loomis CA, US
Ernest LEARN - Loomis CA, US
Michael DUFFY - Duryea PA, US
Russell VARONE - Fremont CA, US
Russell FIELD - Portola Valley CA, US
William R. GEORGE - Santa Cruz CA, US
Matthew BARNARD - Woodside CA, US
Benjamin J. CLARK - Redwood City CA, US
Jaremy CREECHLEY - Laramie WY, US

International Classification:

A01G 9/02
A01G 9/10
A01G 9/26
A01G 27/00

Abstract:

A multi-stage, plant growing system is configured for high density growth and crop yields and includes among other things, towers or vertical growth columns, an enclosed controlled environmental growth chamber, interchangeable growth modules, and control systems capable of machine learning wherein the crops are optimally spaced and continually staged in their planting cycles utilizing special growth modules to provide an accelerated and continuous annual production yield. A vertical growth tower for vertical farming comprising a plurality of growth modules, each growth module comprising an enclosure configured to securely hold at least one plant; a drain aperture in the enclosure; and at least one lateral growth opening in the enclosure configured to permit and to encourage lateral growth of the at least one plant away from the enclosure; wherein one or more of the growth modules is configured to stackably support one or more of the other growth modules above and/or below itself within the vertical growth tower.

US Patent:

20180014485, Jan 18, 2018

Filed:

Sep 28, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/278148

Inventors:

- South San Francisco CA, US
Jack OSLAN - Henderson NV, US
Nate MAZONSON - Menlo Park CA, US
Nathaniel R. STOREY - Laramie WY, US
Daniel COOK - Woodside CA, US
Philip E. BEATTY - Tualatin OR, US
Matthew BARNARD - Woodside CA, US
Christopher K. CONWAY - Loomis CA, US
Ernest LEARN - Loomis CA, US
Michael DUFFY - Duryea PA, US
Russell VARONE - Fremont CA, US
Russell FIELD - Portola Valley CA, US
William R. GEORGE - Santa Cruz CA, US
Rob JENSEN - Rocklin CA, US
Benjamin J. CLARK - Redwood City CA, US
Jaremy CREECHLEY - Laramie WY, US
Matteo MELANI - Menlo Park CA, US

International Classification:

A01G 31/06
H04N 7/18
A01G 31/04
A01G 7/02
A01G 31/02
A01G 9/24
A01G 7/04
H05B 37/02
A01G 9/26

Abstract:

A plant growing system configured for high density crop growth and yield, including an environmentally-controlled growing chamber and a vertical growth column within, the column configured to support a hydroponic plant growth module which is configured for containing and supporting plant growth media for containing and supporting a root structure of at least one gravitropic crop plant growing therein and for detachably mounting to the vertical growth column, the hydroponic plant growth module including a lateral growth opening to allow the plant to grow laterally through toward a light emitting source, a nutrient supply system to direct aqueous crop nutrient solution through an upper opening of the hydroponic plant growth module, an airflow source to direct airflow away from the growth opening and through an under-canopy of the plant, so as to disturb the boundary layer, and a control system for regulating, at least one growing condition in an area in or adjacent to the under-canopy.

US Patent:

20180014486, Jan 18, 2018

Filed:

Sep 28, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/278564

Inventors:

- South San Francisco CA, US
Jack OSLAN - Henderson NV, US
Nate MAZONSON - Menlo Park CA, US
Nathaniel R. STOREY - Laramie WY, US
Daniel COOK - Woodside CA, US
Philip E. BEATTY - Tualatin OR, US
John L. WHITCHER - Tualatin OR, US
Christopher K. CONWAY - Loomis CA, US
Ernest LEARN - Loomis CA, US
Michael DUFFY - Duryea PA, US
Russell VARONE - Fremont CA, US
Russell FIELD - Portola Valley CA, US
William R. GEORGE - Santa Cruz CA, US
Rob JENSEN - Rocklin CA, US
Benjamin J. CLARK - Redwood City CA, US
Matthew BARNARD - Woodside CA, US
Matteo MELANI - Menlo Park CA, US

International Classification:

A01G 31/06
A01G 7/04
A01G 7/02
A01G 9/24
A01G 31/04
A01G 9/26

Abstract:

A computer implemented system for a vertical farming system comprising at least a first crop growth module and operating in an environmentally-controlled growing chamber, the control system comprising sensors for measuring environmental growing conditions in the environmentally-controlled growing chamber over time to generate environmental condition data, a device configured for measuring a crop characteristic of a crop grown in the crop growth module of the environmentally-controlled growing chamber to generate crop growth data and a processing device comprising software modules for receiving the environmental condition data and the crop growth data; applying an algorithm to the environmental condition data and the crop growth data to generate an improved environmental growing condition and generating instructions for adjustment of the environmental growing conditions in or around the growth module in the environmentally-controlled growing chamber to the improved environmental growing condition.