ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,507,627, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Ag Leader Technology (Ames, Iowa).

"Method for warning of a shelled ear event" was invented by Roger Zielke (Huxley, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are various devices, systems, and methods for use in agricultural, particularly for use in harvesting agricultural crop such as corn. Various implementations relate to devices, systems, and methods for increasing yield by emitting warnings when the corn head to not at the proper height."

The patent was filed on April 8, 2021, under Application No. 17/225,586.

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