ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,530,034, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to CLAAS E-Systems GmbH (Dissen a. T.W., Germany).

"Swarm assistance system and method for autonomous agricultural universal production machines" was invented by Reinhold Mahler (Rheda-Wiedenbruck, Germany), Christian Ehlert (Bielefeld, Germany), Bastian Bormann (Gutersloh, Germany), Joachim Baumgarten (Beelen, Germany), Dennis Neitemeier (Lippetal, Germany), Johann Witte (Frondenberg, Germany), Jannik Redenius (Oldendorf, Germany), Arne Bohl (Gutersloh, Germany), Eberhard Nacke (Gutersloh, Germany), Christoph Apke (Bielefeld, Germany), Timo Korthals (Leopoldshohe, Germany), Waldemar Thiesmann (Osnabruck, Germany), Axel Schroder (Gutersloh, Ger...