ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,543,621, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to AGCO International GmbH (Neuhausen, Switzerland).

"Agricultural machine operable in a combined or in a separated configuration" was invented by Frederic Ducroquet (Beauvais, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An agricultural machine having an auxiliary vehicle with a driver's workplace, an agricultural vehicle with a loading ramp for transporting the auxiliary vehicle and a control unit. The agricultural machine is operable in a combined configuration in which the auxiliary vehicle is placed on the loading ramp or in a separated configuration in which the auxiliary vehicle is removable from ...