ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,664,829, issued on June 23, was assigned to CLIMATE LLC (Saint Louis, Mo.).

"Data storage and transfer device for an agricultural intelligence computing system" was invented by Will Darden (Cary, N.C.), Jongjin Kim (Vernon Hills, Ill.), Aaron Petersdorf (Wheaton, Ill.) and Samuel Rodriguez (Arlington Heights, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector is provided for use with a communication apparatus to facilitate communication of data, via the communication apparatus, between a vehicle or agricultural implement and a computing device. The connector includes a first portion first portion configured to couple the connector to the ve...