Patent №
US 4,569,150
Granted
1986-02-11
Filed 1983
Owner
BOARD OF TRUSTEE, MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY, A CONSTITUTIONAL CORPORATION
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Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
06547208
A method and apparatus for increasing the growth of plants (24) in a greenhouse (12, 13) or other protected area is described. The method and apparatus regulates the amount of carbon dioxide to which the plants are exposed and the temperature of the atmosphere as a function of the amount of light in a pre-selected temperature range and vents the greenhouse to outside air above the temperature range. The method preferably uses a computer (10) and microprocessor (11) for detection, analysis and adjustment of the growth variables.
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Ownership
BOARD OF TRUSTEE, MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY, A CONSTITUTIONAL CORPORATION
assignment · 41910531
Assignors
CARLSON, WILLIAM H., HEINS, ROYAL D.
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