Patents by Inventor Matthew John Van DerWerff

Matthew John Van DerWerff has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Controlling characteristics of photosynthetic organisims
    Patent number: 10721875
    Abstract: A light dosing system for promoting preferred characteristics in plants, the light dosing system configured to direct light onto a target area upon which the plant resides, the light dosing system including one or more light emitters positioned above the target area, a means for controlling one or more characteristics of the light emitted by the light emitters, a conveyor configured to alter the relative positions of the light emitters and the target area, and a lighting controller configured to read a media having a predefined dosage regime stored thereon for promoting the preferred characteristics of the plant, characterized in that the lighting controller is configured to alter one or more characteristics of the light emitted by the, or each, of the one or more light emitters onto the target area in accordance with the predefined dosage regime.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: BIOLUMIC LIMITED
    Inventors: Jason John Wargent, Matthew John Van DerWerff, Terry Robin Southern
  • IMPROVEMENTS IN AND RELATING TO CONTROLLING CHARACTERISTICS OF PHOTOSYNTHETIC ORGANISMS
    Publication number: 20160345512
    Abstract: A light dosing system for promoting preferred characteristics in plants, the light dosing system configured to direct light onto a target area upon which the plant resides, the light dosing system including one or more light emitters positioned above the target area, a means for controlling one or more characteristics of the light emitted by the light emitters, a conveyor configured to alter the relative positions of the light emitters and the target area, and a lighting controller configured to read a media having a predefined dosage regime stored thereon for promoting the preferred characteristics of the plant, characterized in that the lighting controller is configured to alter one or more characteristics of the light emitted by the, or each, of the one or more light emitters onto the target area in accordance with the predefined dosage regime.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Jason John Wargent, Matthew John Van DerWerff, Terry Robin Southern