ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,588,575, issued on March 31, was assigned to AGCO International GmbH (Neuhausen, Switzerland).
"Weeding unit and method for treating an agricultural field" was invented by Eerke Lauwen (Marktoberdorf, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A weeding unit for treating an agricultural field includes a carrier, at least one working lever movably connected with the carrier, at least one actuator for moving the at least one working lever, and a control unit. The control unit is configured to distinguish crop from weed and to control the at least one actuator for treating the weed. The at least one working lever includes a weeding knife and a...