ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,342,797, issued on July 1, was assigned to Roto-Mix LLC (Dodge City, Kan.).

"Autonomous system for evenly dispensing livestock feed" was invented by Rodney R. Neier (Dodge City, Kan.), Mark T. Cooksey (Dodge City, Kan.), Kelly J. Wittman (Dodge City, Kan.), Ross M. Groening (Dodge City, Kan.), Andrew Fillingim (Plymouth, Mich.), Timothy Spencer (Dodge City, Kan.), Corbin Dale Baldwin (Dodge City, Kan.), Leonard Gasior (Plymouth, Mich.) and Jennifer Anne Ogles (Dodge City, Kan.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An autonomous feed delivery system for evenly dispensing a specified amount of feed into a specified distance such as a feed bunk. Th...