US 12,478,006 B2
Controlled environment agriculture system including multiple grow space condition zones
Andrew Keith James, San Francisco, CA (US); Michael Ryan Baldwin, Laramie, WY (US); Alan Colbrie Schoen, Los Gatos, CA (US); Nathaniel R. Storey, Laramie, WY (US); Gage Goodspeed Coffin, Los Altos Hills, CA (US); Michael Peter Flynn, Palo Alto, CA (US); and Paul Bryan Kreiner, Menlo Park, CA (US)
Assigned to MJNN LLC, South San Francisco, CA (US)
Appl. No. 18/041,687
Filed by MJNN LLC, South San Francisco, CA (US)
PCT Filed Aug. 20, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/046972
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 14, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/046564, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 3, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/139,943, filed on Jan. 21, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/069,017, filed on Aug. 22, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0023501 A1, Jan. 25, 2024
Int. Cl. A01G 31/04 (2006.01); A01G 31/06 (2006.01)
CPC A01G 31/045 (2013.01) [A01G 31/06 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A controlled environment agriculture system, comprising:
a first growth space associated with a first set of target environmental settings;
a second growth space associated with a second set of target environmental settings;
two interfaces between the first growth space and the second growth space;
a plurality of grow towers for containing plants for growing during a growth phase;
a conveyance mechanism operative to transfer the grow towers between the first and second grow spaces via the one or more interfaces, the conveyance mechanism comprising a grow line having
a first grow line section extending from the first growth space to the second growth space via a first interface of the one or more interfaces,
a second grow line section extending from the second growth space to the first growth space via a second interface of the one or more interfaces,
wherein the plurality of grow towers extend vertically from the grow line, and
wherein the conveyance mechanism is configured to convey the plurality of grow towers from the first growth space to the second growth space along the first grow line section via the first interface and to convey the plurality of grow towers from the second growth space to the first growth space along the second grow line section via the second interface; and
a buffer space disposed between the first and second growth spaces, wherein the buffer space includes a third set of target environmental settings.