US Patent Issued to CNH Industrial Canada on Jan. 13 for "Systems and methods for monitoring seed placement within the ground" (American, Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,520,745, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to CNH Industrial Canada Ltd. (Saskatoon, Canada).

"Systems and methods for monitoring seed placement within the ground" was invented by James W. Henry (Saskatoon, Canada), Trevor Stanhope (Oak Lawn, Ill.) and Jamil Farhat (Spicer, Minn.).

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 with a planting implement includes a row unit of that has a furrow opening assembly configured to create a furrow in the soil and a furrow closing assembly configured to close the furrow after the seeds have been deposited therein....