ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,058, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to ROBERT BOSCH GMBH (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Method and device for applying a spray agent to an agricultural land" was invented by Andreas Weimer (Gaertringen, Germany), Carl-Ludwig von Horstig (Heuchelheim, Germany), Christoph Schaefer (Bad Laasphe, Germany), Farid Khani (Boennigheim, Germany) and Nicolas Houis (Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for applying a spray agent to an agricultural land using a spray nozzle unit of an agricultural spray device. The method includes detecting first and second field sections of the agricultural land using an optical detect...