ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,501,852, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to CNH Industrial America LLC (New Holland, Pa.).

"Belt-type cutting system for cutting crops in a field" was invented by Bart M.A. Missotten (Herent, Belgium), Jasper Vanlerberghe (Aartrijke, Belgium), Sam Reubens (Sint-Michiels, Belgium), Lucas Deruyter (Hooglede-Gits, Belgium), Frederik Tallir (Esen, Belgium), Dre W.J. Jongmans (AG Klundert, Netherlands), Sahand Hajshekoleslami (Izegem, Belgium) and Pieter Van Overschelde (Sint-Andries, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The cutting system includes knives attached to a continuously moving belt-type carrier. The carrier motion moves the kniv...