ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,302,776, issued on May 20, was assigned to Roy H. Ray and Sheila Barrett Ray Joint Revocable Trust (Las Cruces, N.M.).

"Adaptive tillage control" was invented by Roy H. Ray (Las Cruces, N.M.) and Sheila B. Ray (Las Cruces, N.M.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An adaptive tillage control system includes a crossbar, a connecting bar, and cutting and casting rotary discs (discs) that are responsive to an adaptive tillage controller that facilitate angular positioning of the discs. Each disc has a convex outer vertical surface on an exterior side opposite a concave outer vertical surface at its inner side. The discs form a first pair of discs...