ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,315,311, issued on May 27, was assigned to CNH Industrial America LLC (New Holland, Pa.).

"Systems and methods for monitoring implement performance during an agricultural operation" was invented by Michael R. Cozza (Pittsburgh).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for monitoring the operating performance of agricultural implements includes moving an agricultural implement in a direction of travel along a first swath of a field, and receiving data associated with a field profile of an aft portion of the field located rearward of the agricultural implement relative to the direction of travel as the implement is being moved along the firs...