Patents by Inventor Chris LAUDANDO

Chris LAUDANDO 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).

  • Publication number: 20230397597
    Abstract: A cultivator for damaging undesirable plants in an agricultural setting is disclosed. Embodiments of the cultivator include one or more energy emitters that stress target biological material, and the energy emitters in particular embodiments stress plants in at least two different ways, such as imparting light at certain wavelengths that cause dual effect stressors to the plant, such as heat related stress and photochemical stress similar to a sunburn. Some embodiments include a focusing system that spreads out narrow light beams and/or brings multiple light beams together at a point that is outside the cultivator. Some focusing systems cause multiple light beams to initially diverge before converging. Some embodiments utilize unusually large mirrors to capture, for example, multiple light pathways, and direct them to the target. Advantages include the ability to accomplish weeding and/or thinning with very low overall power consumption while moving quickly through a field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Nicholas CHARIPAR, Chris LAUDANDO, Matt O'BRIEN