ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,483, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Kinze Manufacturing Inc. (Williamsburg, Iowa).
"Automatic field partners" was invented by Ryan McMahan (Williamsburg, Iowa) and Jason Schoon (Williamsburg, Iowa).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Data from multiple agricultural operations in the same field is shared, securely, without the need for complex setup procedures. One agricultural implement can operate off of the agricultural data produced by other agricultural implements, which can, by way of example and with respect to a planting operation, result in a shared shutoff of seed application. If a single task is distributed to multiple agricu...