ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,777,988, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to AGXEED HOLDING B.V. (Oirlo, Netherlands).
"Method for cultivating a piece of farmland a tractor for employing the method" was invented by Joris Jan Hiddema (Grubbenvorst, Netherlands) and Laurentius Hubertus Margaretha Schmitz (Mariahoop, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for cultivating a piece of farmland, includes providing an autonomous tractor having a lifting device for connecting an agricultural implement for performing an agricultural operation to the tractor and an engine for driving the implement, and crossing the farmland with the tractor while the agricultural implem...