ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,396,395, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Seed Terminator Holdings Pty Ltd (Kingscote, Australia).

"Impact mill and a residue processing system incorporating same" was invented by Nicholas Kane Berry (Kingscote, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An impact mill (10) has an inlet (12) for material to enter the mill, an impact mechanism (16, 50) arranged to rotate about a rotation axis and being operable to pulverise the material after entering through the inlet, and an outlet (154) for discharge of pulverised material. Blockage sensors (Bj), vibration sensors V, torque sensors Tn, temperature sensors and proximity sensors may be s...