ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,232,440, issued on Feb. 25.
"Crop input application systems, methods, and apparatus" was invented by Greggory Sauder (Morton, Ill.), Timothy Sauder (Morton, Ill.), Justin Koch (Morton, Ill.), Nowell Moore (Morton, Ill.), Reid Aberle (Morton, Ill.), Tyler Nafzinger (Morton, Ill.), Connor Hesterberg (Morton, Ill.), Jonathan Welte (Morton, Ill.), Kyle Waremburg (Morton, Ill.) and Steven Nuest (Morton, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Crop input application systems, methods and apparatus are provided. In some embodiments, an irrigation system is provided with a reel in fluid communication with a liquid source. In some embodiments, a drop ...