US Patent Issued to DEERE & Co. on July 15 for "Agricultural planting machine with field contour sensors" (Illinois, Iowa, North Dakota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,361,500, issued on July 15, was assigned to DEERE & COMPANY (Moline, Ill.).

"Agricultural planting machine with field contour sensors" was invented by John L. Peters (Geneseo, Ill.), Thomas G. Bartlett (Ankeny, Iowa), Lee A. Johnson (Polk City, Iowa) and Kevin P. Cowles (Fargo, N.D.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An agricultural planting machine includes a frame and a planting system supported on the frame and configured to plant seeds in a row. The planting system includes a ground-engaging element movable relative to the frame and configured to engage a ground surface of a field. A field contour detection system is configured to receiv...