Patents
US 12548089 B2: Optimization of hybrid growing infrastructure for different weather profiles and market conditions
- Granted
- 2026-02-10
- Filed
- 2022-11-02 application 17979302
- Type
- Utility · 17 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
An embodiment may respond to different weather profiles and market conditions within a controlled environment agricultural system, which may include one or more power consuming and environment controlling systems. Different market demands and prices may be used to influence which plants are grown and when they should be harvested. The growing process may be altered based on market demand, which may call for a varietal to be harvested at a delayed time or may require some other parameters to be optimized. A control unit may identify criticality of and power consumption by the systems and may compare those with the current cost of power. The control unit may analyze the cost of adjusting power to systems and the cost of powering those systems during a specified period of time. A weather profile may be forecasted which can be used to identify which systems to power or when to store energy.
Source: PTBLXML, file of 2026-02-10 (ipgb20260210.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Local Bounti Operating Company LLC 7 patents | US company or organization | Hamilton, MT | PTBLXML, file of 2026-02-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary R. Hilberg | Cypress, TX | 3 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-02-10 | |
| Thomas C. Tillman | Sugar Land, TX | 4 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-02-10 | |
| Bryan Nguyen | Garland, TX | PTBLXML, file of 2026-02-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| G06Q | Information and communication technology [ict] specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes; systems or methods specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes, not otherwise provided for | G06Q50/02 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-02-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-03-31 | Release of security interest Release of security interest | CARGILL FINANCIAL SERVICES INTERNATIONAL, INC. signed 2025-03-31 | LOCAL BOUNTI OPERATING COMPANY LLC HAMILTON, MT LOCAL BOUNTI CORPORATION HAMILTON, MT | 70685/810 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2023-08-07 | Security interest Security interest Security interest | LOCAL BOUNTI OPERATING COMPANY LLC signed 2023-07-25 LOCAL BOUNTI CORPORATION signed 2023-07-25 | CARGILL FINANCIAL SERVICES INTERNATIONAL, INC. HOPKINS, MN | 64506/476 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2023-08-07 | Security interest Security interest Security interest | LOCAL BOUNTI OPERATING COMPANY LLC signed 2023-07-25 LOCAL BOUNTI CORPORATION signed 2023-07-25 | CARGILL FINANCIAL SERVICES INTERNATIONAL, INC. HOPKINS, MN | 64506/148 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
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