ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,543,671, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to The Toro Co. (Bloomington, Minn.).

"Smart notes for an irrigation control system" was invented by Russ Huffman (Bloomington, Minn.), Norma Frotton (Bloomington, Minn.), Burnett Jones (Bloomington, Calif.), John Dalman (Bloomington, Minn.) and Adam Munir (Bloomington, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one or more examples of the present disclosure, irrigation control software is provided for a computerized irrigation system. The irrigation control software may provide various user interfaces capable of allowing users to create, assign, organize, and save facility maintenance-related electr...