US Patent Issued to CNH Industrial America on Nov. 3 for "System and method for locating seeds deposited within an agricultural field" (Austrian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,000, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to CNH Industrial America LLC (New Holland, Pa.).

"System and method for locating seeds deposited within an agricultural field" was invented by Michael Pregesbauer (Traiskirchen, Austria), Mario Rathmanner (Traiskirchen, Austria) and Michael Christopher Conboy (Chicago).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for locating seeds deposited within a field includes a ground-engaging tool configured to engage soil. Additionally, the system includes a transceiver configured to emit output signals directed toward the soil within a portion of the field and receive echo signals indicative of a backscattering ...