ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,690,510, issued on July 28, was assigned to AMAZONEN-WERKE H. DREYER SE & Co. KG (Hasbergen, Germany).

"Agricultural distribution machine for spreading granular material" was invented by Michael Troebner (Osnabruck, Germany) and Victor Schwamm (Osnabruck, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Agricultural distribution machine for spreading granular materials comprising a storage container for storing the granular materials, several distribution units to which the granular materials can be supplied independently of one another and in an adjustable manner via a delivery line starting out from the storage container, where the distribution ...