ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,317,773, issued on June 3, was assigned to Deere & Co. (Moline, Ill.).

"Self-propelled agricultural harvester machine and header assembly control system" was invented by Mohan A. Vadnere (Pune, India) and Hrishikesh Y. Raste (Pune, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A self-propelled agricultural harvester machine comprising a machine frame, a plurality of ground engaging units for supporting the machine frame from a ground surface, a header assembly for harvesting stalked crops, the header assembly being supported from the machine frame so that the header assembly can be raised, lowered, and tilted relative to the machine frame, at leas...