ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,543,618, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to CNH INDUSTRIAL AMERICA LLC (New Holland, Pa.).

"Retractable spike tooth harrow for large field cultivator" was invented by Jason Eric Andrews (Eureka, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A spike tooth harrow of a tillage implement includes a plurality of arms configured to couple to a frame section of the tillage implement. The spike tooth harrow also includes a plurality of bars coupled to the plurality of arms, wherein each bar of the plurality of bars includes a plurality of spikes angled relative to a direction of travel of the tillage implement, the plurality of bars are coupled to the plu...