ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,209, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Doosan Bobcat North America Inc. (West Fargo, N.D.).

"Display integrated into door" was invented by John Pfaff (Bismarck, N.D.), Dennis Agnew (Moffit, N.D.), Matthew Sagaser (Bismarck, N.D.) and Joel Honeyman (Horace, N.D.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed embodiments include power machines having doors with a display that allows the display of information, such as gauges, user inputs, mapped obstacles, boundaries, etc., allowing the operator of the machine to see the displayed information closer to the line of sight with the work area."

The patent was filed on June 12, 2020, under Appl...