ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,251, issued on July 1, was assigned to Deere & Co. (Moline, Ill.).

"Multi-selectable application mode steering system and method thereof" was invented by Lowell D. Stutzman (Cedar Falls, Iowa), Nathanael K. Rehn (Waterloo, Iowa), Timothy J. Ofenloch (Willowbrook, Ill.), Jeffrey M. Tott (New Hartford, Iowa), Suresh Putta (Cedar Falls, Iowa), Douglas M. Van Meter (Grovetown, Ga.), Jordan L Tagtow (Waterloo, Iowa) and Jacyn R. Goebel (Cedar Falls, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A steering system for controlling a direction of travel of a work machine includes a steering device controllable by an operator of the work machine. The ste...