ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,567, issued on April 7, was assigned to DEERE & COMPANY (Moline, Ill.).

"Baler nozzle evaluation system and method" was invented by Mohan A. Vadnere (Pune, India) and Mahesh Somarowthu (Pune, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A nozzle evaluation system is provided for an agricultural baler with a nozzle apparatus having at least one nozzle. The system includes a sensor associated with the at least one nozzle and configured to collect vibration patterns of sound emanating from the at least one nozzle of the nozzle apparatus during application of a fluid upon a respective bale; and a controller configured to: receive the vibration p...