ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,485, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Kooima Ag Inc. (Rock Valley, Iowa).
"Cutting element with contoured surface" was invented by Philip G. Kooima (Rock Valley, Iowa), Thad De Jager (Rock Valley, Iowa), Nicholas Vande Waerdt (Rock Valley, Iowa), Nolan Den Boer (Rock Valley, Iowa), Zachary Pramann (Beresford, S.D.) and Collin Borkowski (Rock Valley, Iowa).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cutting system may have at least one cutting element having an inventive combination of features including a body having a first cutting edge, a first base surface extending from the first cutting edge with the body being elongated with a first end an...