ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,794, issued on May 13, was assigned to Deere &Co. (Moline, Ill.).

"Agricultural machine with dynamic debris removal" was invented by Jason L. Werning (Blue Grass, Iowa) and William D. Graham (East Moline, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor generates an output signal indicative of an attribute of a limited amount of material above the sensor. A controller receives the output signal and incorporates a corresponding variable into a programmatic calculation of an indication of a volume of material in a tank."

The patent was filed on May 26, 2022, under Application No. 17/825,808.

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