Ko Houweling kua whakatauhia tana whakawakanga takahi arai mo Little Leaf Farms o Devens, Massachusetts. I roto i te whakawakanga, ko te whakapae a Houweling's i takahia e Little Leaf te US Patent No. 8,707,617 a Houweling, ko te ingoa "Greenhouse and Forced Greenhouse Climate Control System and Method."
E ai ki tetahi panui korero, i whakaae nga paamu Little Leaf he tika te patent a Houweling i kii, a kua whakaae ki te utu i te rangatiratanga o Houweling mo te whakamahi a Little Leaf i te hangarau kati kati a Houweling.
I kii a Houweling's "he maha nga ahunga whakamua hou i roto i nga hangarau kati kōtuhi me te whakapau i te wa me nga rauemi ki te whakarite kia noho tonu a Houweling ki mua i te whanaketanga o te kati kōtuhi me te whakaputa hua. Mo tenei mutunga, kua whiwhi a Houweling's he whakamarumaru arai mo ana whare kati me nga punaha tohatoha hau/hau. I roto i nga tau, kua kaha tonu a Houweling's ki te whakakaha i ona mana patent ki te hunga takahi e ngana ana ki te whakapohehe, ki te "piggyback" ranei i runga i te hangarau tiaki a Houweling."
Ko te heamana o te kamupene, a Casey Houweling te korero;
"Ko te whakawhanaketanga o enei hangarau rangatira, ka tae mai me te nui o te tupono me te haumi whakapaipai. I runga i te whakapumautanga o nga patent me te whakapono he mea nui enei ahu whakamuatanga hangarau ki to maatau umanga, i tukuna e matou ma roto i te hanganga rangatira. He huarahi tenei mo etahi atu ki te uru atu ki te hangarau, me te whai waahi ki te whakaora i tetahi waahanga o nga utu whanaketanga, "e kii ana te heamana o te kamupene a Casey Houweling.
“Ko te whakaaro a Houweling ki te whakamana tonu i ona mana patent ki nga tangata takahi katoa, i roto i te United States of America, tae atu ki nga mana whakahaere o waho penei i Uropi, Ahitereiria, Aotearoa, Iharaira, Kanata me Mexico. Ka kaha hoki a Houweling's ki te tiaki i nga wero ki ana patene puta noa i te ao, ka pau katoa nga huarahi o te piira ki enei wero, "e kii ana te panui.
Ko te Roopu a Houweling he kai whakatipu huawhenua kati, he kaiwhakawhanake me te kaihokohoko me nga mahi i Delta, BC, Camarillo, California, Mona, Utah me Loveland, Colorado. He kaiahuwhenua huri noa i te tau, me te neke atu i te 200 eka o nga paamu kati kōtuhi, i kii a Houweling's e whakaputa ana i nga tōmato me nga kukama hou me te reka.