US Patent Issued to CNH Industrial America on Oct. 7 for "Systems and methods for monitoring seed placement within the ground using artificial seeds" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,186, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to CNH Industrial America LLC (New Holland, Pa.).

"Systems and methods for monitoring seed placement within the ground using artificial seeds" was invented by Michael Christopher Conboy (Chicago) and Trevor Stanhope (Oak Lawn, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for monitoring seed placement within the ground during the performance of a planting operation includes a row unit configured to create a furrow in the soil for depositing seeds and to close the furrow after the seeds have been deposited therein, where the seeds deposited within the soil include both real seeds and artificial seeds....