ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,550,826, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to DEERE & COMPANY (Moline, Ill.).

"Vehicle parameter offset value management and control system" was invented by Sara C. O'Connor (Clive, Iowa), Kellen E. O'Connor (Clive, Iowa), Jeremy J. Faust (Grimes, Iowa) and Ryan R. White (Polk City, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A physical attribute of a receiving vehicle (a receiving vehicle parameter) is located by calculating a vehicle parameter offset value indicative of the location of the receiving vehicle parameter relative to a reference point on a following vehicle, the following vehicle providing propulsion to the receiving vehicle. The veh...