ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,324,380, issued on June 10, was assigned to Valmont Industries Inc. (Omaha, Neb.).

"System and method of flow rate management and control within an irrigation corner assembly" was invented by Andrew T. Olson (Omaha, Neb.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a system and method for irrigation management and, more particularly, to a system and method for managing and controlling flow rate within an irrigation corner assembly. According to a first preferred embodiment, the present invention teaches a method comprising the steps of: recording irrigation system and irrigation field data; performing a simulated pass ar...