ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,250,900, issued on March 18.

"Lawn mowers having intelligent systems (smart mower logic), associated sub-assemblies incorporating intelligent systems, and associated methods of use" was invented by Mervin C. Hochstetler (Holland, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A zero-turn lawn mower having smart mower logic, including a chassis; a seat, a pair of ground engaging drive wheels; an engine; a pair of transmissions for driving the drive wheels; a pair of manually-moveable handle assemblies for independently controlling the transmissions; a mower deck; and a smart mower logic system comprising a controller that enables at least one of t...