Patents by Inventor Terry Lawrence St. Hilaire

Terry Lawrence St. Hilaire 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).

  • Method and apparatus for determining the rate of sap-content variation in living plants, and relating that to soil water tension, and transmitting the collected information
    Publication number: 20170219552
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are described for the measurement of sap content variation using one or more metallic probes inserted through the external surface into the underlying sap-carrying layers of the plant, connected to a Device using a Micro-controller and an algorithm to create and report an electrical signal, and, and in another embodiment measuring and relating sap content to soil water tension using such Device, that reads such multiple sensor types, and in another embodiment configuring the Device to transport such sensor and relative information via wide area or wireless methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2016
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Reinoud Jacob Hartman, Terry Lawrence St. Hilaire