Did You Know...
...that the inventor of the electric motor was a blacksmith named Thomas Davenport? Described as "a brilliantly unsuccessful inventor", Davenport invented the first rotary electric motor. In 1836 he headed out -- on foot -- from his Vermont home to file a patent application at the Patent Office in Washington, D.C. By the time he got there, he had squandered away his money and couldn't afford the $30 filing fee so he turned around and went home. When he later mailed in his application with money he'd raised, the Patent office was destroyed in a fire. He did finally get credit for his invention on Feb. 5, 1837.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8074397 | Illuminator for plant growth To provide an illuminator for plant growth that can illuminate a plant intermittently (pulse illumination) or continuously to cause an effect similar to sunbeam spot phenomenon, thereby accelerating photosynthetic reaction. Specifically, the illuminator for p... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8061080 | Controlling device for a greenhouse The invention relates to a controlling device (10) for a greenhouse (15), with a computerized control element (20), a lighting element (30) and at least one detector element (40), wherein the lighting element (30) and the de... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8001722 | Enhancing yields of harvested plant seeds by treating sowing seeds with selected doses of a physical plant stressor The present invention relates to a method of enhancing the yield of harvested seed in plants by the application of selected doses of a physical plant stressor such as UV-C light (253.7 nm), X-rays, gamma ray, and electron beam irradiation to sowing seeds. This metho... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7774979 | Process of photomorphogenically enhancing plants A process for photomorphogenically enhancing plants is presented wherein a natural or artificial light source emits light through a transmittive material. The material is optionally borosilicate glass with a steep edge situation at or near 280 nm so as to selectivel... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7600343 | Method of stimulating plant growth The method of stimulating a plant substance is disclosed. The method has the steps of activating a pressure pulse or an acoustic shock wave generator or source to emit pressure pulse or acoustic shock waves; and subjecting the plant substance to the pressure pulse o... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7162833 | Hillside farming module and system A network of modules is provided that maximizes agricultural land usage. Each module includes a water collection structure supported above agricultural land. The water collection structure may include a mechanism for distributing photonic energy to plants growing on... | 01/16/2007 |
| 6883271 | Device for enhancing growth of plants or vegetables A device for enhancing growth of plants and vegetables has a body adapted to placed on a surface accessible for sunlight, the body having photo-transforming qualities which convert UV light for plants and vegetables into growth enhancing light so as to promote photo... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6509188 | Photobioreactor with improved supply of light by surface enlargement, wavelength shifter bars or light transport A photobioreactor is described that has a reactor chamber that is made of light-transparent material and that has an increased surface area.... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6360480 | Method and system to facilitate deep phytoremediation A method and system to facilitate deep phytoremediation by planting a tree deeper than is traditionally done and then supplying at such depths the air; water; nutrients; and, optionally, the gaseous exchange needed for the development of root systems. Eit... | 03/26/2002 |
