US Patent Issued to Deere & Co. on Aug. 19 for "Automated nozzle adjustments for plant treatment application" (California, Nevada, Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,389,898, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Deere & Co. (Moline, Ill.).

"Automated nozzle adjustments for plant treatment application" was invented by Kent Michael Anderson (Signal Mountain, Tenn.), Benjamin Ray Chostner (San Francisco) and Bryon William Majusiak (Incline Village, Nev.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A treatment mechanism for dispensing treatment fluid onto one or more plants in a field is described. The treatment mechanism includes a valve for regulating the dispensing of treatment fluid and a nozzle holder comprising a plurality of nozzles. Each nozzle is configured to dispense treatment fluid and to couple to the valve...