ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,449,061, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Raven Industries Inc. (Sioux Falls, S.D.).
"Valve priming and depriming" was invented by Justin Krosschell (Sioux Falls, S.D.), Travis Allen Burgers (Sioux Falls, S.D.) and Drew John Waltner (Freeman, S.D.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for applying an agricultural product includes at least one control valve. For instance, the control valve has a moveable valve operator. One or more sensors monitor one or more control valve characteristics. A valve controller is configured to determine the control valve is in one or more of a primed state or an unprimed state based on a comparison of t...