Patents by Inventor Robert Showaller

Robert Showaller 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).

  • Devices and methods for growing plants
    Publication number: 20060179711
    Abstract: This invention provides methods, devices, and kits for growing a plant or germinating a seed into a plant; methods and devices for delivering oxygen to a plant or a seed which will germinate into a plant; methods and devices for delivering liquid to a plant; methods and devices for increasing the dissolved oxygen concentration in a liquid to be delivered to a plant; methods and devices for increasing the dissolved oxygen concentration in a liquid within a hydroponics device; terraced oxygenators; aspirators, downdraft venturis, net baskets; germination caps, sets of germination caps; methods for increasing the likelihood of germination of a seed; seed-bearing support media; methods for germinating a seed; and smart garden devices for hydroponics growing systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2004
    Publication date: August 17, 2006
    Applicant: AEROGROW INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: W Bissonnette, Robert Wainwright, John Thompson, Carson Payne, Sylvia Bernstein, Gurt Morgan, Robert Bromley, Andrew Bridgeman, Laura Conley, Ann Forsthoefel, Robert Showaller, Frederic Wiedemann