ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,543,622, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to DEERE & COMPANY (Moline, Ill.).

"Work vehicle systems and methods for soil compaction mitigation planning" was invented by Shriraam Prabu Subramanian (Pune, India), Mahesh Somarowthu (Pune, India), Tyler D. Schleicher (Ankeny, Iowa) and Noel W. Anderson (Fargo, N.D.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An agricultural system includes a sink region sensor configured to collect information regarding a sink region within the field; a vehicle sensor configured to collect information regarding current vehicle weight when proximate to the sink region within the field; and a controller. The controller inclu...