ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,349,632, issued on July 8, was assigned to CALMER HOLDING COMPANY LLC (Lynn Center, Ill.).

"Threshing and separation method to separate grains from material other than grain via threshing and separating apparatuses" was invented by Marion Calmer (Alpha, Ill.) and Daniel Wallerstedt (Rio, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A combine for harvesting a harvested material that includes a grain, the combine comprising: a threshing chamber comprising a series of threshing and separating apparatuses, sequentially arranged, comprising at least: (i) a straight bar concave (ii) a first round bar concave, and (iii) a second round bar concave. The si...