US Patent Issued to CNH Industrial Canada on Oct. 7 for "Systems and methods for monitoring seed placement within the ground" (American, Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,187, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to CNH Industrial Canada Ltd. (Saskatoon, Canada).

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

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 including 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. Particularly, the seeds are c...