ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,694,730, issued on July 28, was assigned to Deere & Co. (Moline, Ill.).

"System and method for communication of automated control system diagnostics" was invented by Mario L. Donini (Moline, Ill.), Daniel Quinn (Moline, Ill.), Carolyn Herman (Moline, Ill.), Brittany Holthausen (Moline, Ill.), Timothy J. Ofenloch (Moline, Ill.) and Matthew T. Wold (Moline, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for providing diagnostic information to an end user of an off-road vehicle, such as a combine, is provided. A set of sensors required for an automated system of the off-road vehicle to function at different predetermined automated ...