ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,468,943, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to BASF SE (Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany).

"System and method for estimating vegetation coverage in a real-world environment" was invented by Artzai Picon Ruiz (Derio, Spain), Miguel Gonzalez San Emeterio (Derio, Spain), Aranzazu Bereciartua-Perez (Derio, Spain), Laura Gomez Zamanillo (Derio, Spain), Carlos Javier Jimenez Ruiz (Seville, Spain), Javier Romero Rodriguez (Seville, Spain), Christian Klukas (Limburgerhof, Germany), Till Eggers (Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany), Jone Echazarra Huguet (Derio, Spain) and Ramon Navarra-Mestre (Limburgerhof, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Computer-...