ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,436,397, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to DEERE & COMPANY (Moline, Ill.).

"Method and system of controlling a display on a work machine having grade control" was invented by Bryan D. Sulzer (Dubuque, Iowa), Bryan J. Rausch (Durango, Iowa) and Benjamin D. Pacholl (Dubuque, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display system and method for a work machine having grade control is disclosed. The display system includes the frame of the work machine, a grading element, an actuator, a grade control system, a display, a sensor, and a controller. The actuator is coupled to the grading element to controllably drive movement of the movable grading...