ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,246,466, issued on March 11, was assigned to Gebruder Busatis Gesellschaft m.b.H. (Purgstall an der Erlauf, Austria).

"Cutter bar, in particular counter-blade for chopping machines" was invented by Wolfgang Lutz (Wieselburg, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a cutter bar for chopping machines. The cutter bar includes a cutter bar body that defines an edge groove. The edge groove includes a groove bottom and a groove sidewall. The groove sidewall is formed by the material of the cutter bar body. A wear protection structure extends along a surface of the cutter bar body from the edge groove. The wear...