ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,317,774, issued on June 3, was assigned to LELY PATENT N.V. (Maassluis, Netherlands).

"System for mowing plants, in particular grass, and method of feeding animals by means of such a system" was invented by Korstiaan Cornelis Blokland (Maassluis, Netherlands), Karel Van Den Berg (Maassluis, Netherlands), Dik-Jan Wisse (Maassluis, Netherlands) and Samuel Van Dijk (Maassluis, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for mowing plants includes a piece of land on which the plants grow, and an autonomous, self-propelled mowing vehicle. The system includes a dwelling space for keeping animals including a feeding area for feeding mowe...