ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,302,785, issued on May 20, was assigned to Nanjing Chervon Industry Co. Ltd. (Nanjing, China).

"Riding lawn mower with a USB interface" was invented by Zhen Wang (Nanjing, China), Toshinari Yamaoka (Nanjing, China), Xi Chen (Nanjing, China), Fan Gao (Nanjing, China), Dezhong Yang (Nanjing, China), Lei Wang (Nanjing, China), Cheng Dai (Nanjing, China), Qiqi Yin (Nanjing, China) and Zhongning Ding (Nanjing, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A riding lawn mower includes a cutting system comprising a mowing element for cutting vegetation and a deck surrounding and forming a mowing space for accommodating at least part of the mowing elemen...