Patents by Inventor Zachary Duncan Swafford

Zachary Duncan Swafford 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).

  • Efficient selection of experiments for enhancing performance in controlled environment agriculture
    Patent number: 11803172
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for determining treatments to apply to plants within control volumes having controlled agricultural environments. Each treatment comprises application of a set of setpoints, choosing a reproduction operation for the treatment, and selecting one or more previous sets from setpoints from one or more previously applied treatments, for use with the chosen reproduction operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Inventors: Nima Edelkhani, Ruvan C. Jayaweera, A. Samuel Pottinger, Zachary Duncan Swafford
  • AUTOMATED PLACEMENT OF PLANT VARIETIES FOR OPTIMUM PERFORMANCE WITHIN A GROW SPACE SUBJECT TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITION VARIABILITY
    Publication number: 20230186187
    Abstract: Systems, methods and computer-readable media are provided for determining optimum placement, within a grow space, of plants of different varieties. Sets of reference environmental setpoints each correspond to a desired predicted performance of a respective plant variety. Environmental condition metrics at different positions within the grow space are determined. An allocation of the plants is determined among different volumetric regions within the grow space based on predicted performance of the plant varieties as a function of position within the grow space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2023
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: MJNN LLC
    Inventors: Sudnya Diamos, A. Samuel Pottinger, Zachary Duncan Swafford
  • Automated placement of plant varieties for optimum performance within a grow space subject to environmental condition variability
    Patent number: 11610158
    Abstract: Systems, methods and computer-readable media are provided for determining optimum placement, within a grow space, of plants of different varieties. Sets of reference environmental setpoints each correspond to a desired predicted performance of a respective plant variety. Environmental condition metrics at different positions within the grow space are determined. An allocation of the plants is determined among different volumetric regions within the grow space based on predicted performance of the plant varieties as a function of position within the grow space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: MJNN LLC
    Inventors: Sudnya Diamos, A. Samuel Pottinger, Zachary Duncan Swafford
  • EFFICIENT SELECTION OF EXPERIMENTS FOR ENHANCING PERFORMANCE IN CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT AGRICULTURE
    Publication number: 20200356078
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for determining treatments to apply to plants within control volumes having controlled agricultural environments. Each treatment comprises application of a set of setpoints, choosing a reproduction operation for the treatment, and selecting one or more previous sets from setpoints from one or more previously applied treatments, for use with the chosen reproduction operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: MJNN LLC
    Inventors: Nima Edelkhani, Ruvan C. Jayaweera, A. Samuel Pottinger, Zachary Duncan Swafford
  • AUTOMATED PLACEMENT OF PLANT VARIETIES FOR OPTIMUM PERFORMANCE WITHIN A GROW SPACE SUBJECT TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITION VARIABILITY
    Publication number: 20200349476
    Abstract: Systems, methods and computer-readable media are provided for determining optimum placement, within a grow space, of plants of different varieties. Sets of reference environmental setpoints each correspond to a desired predicted performance of a respective plant variety. Environmental condition metrics at different positions within the grow space are determined. An allocation of the plants is determined among different volumetric regions within the grow space based on predicted performance of the plant varieties as a function of position within the grow space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Applicant: MJNN LLC
    Inventors: Sudnya Diamos, A. Samuel Pottinger, Zachary Duncan Swafford