ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,742, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Deere & Co. (Moline, Ill.).

"Systems and methods for detection and assignment of selective control valve couplings" was invented by Onkar Kaniche (Pune, India) and Mohan A. Vadnere (Pune, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A detection system that can identify fluid connections between a plurality of control valves of, including secured to, an agricultural vehicle and an implement of an agricultural machine. Information captured by a sensor(s) can provide information that identifies one or more identifiers, each identifier being coupled to a different conduit that is used in the exchange of hydr...