US Patent Issued to Deere & Co. on June 30 for "Work machine implement control for autonomous subterranean surveying and marking applications" (American, Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,953, issued on June 30, was assigned to Deere & Co. (Moline, Ill.).

"Work machine implement control for autonomous subterranean surveying and marking applications" was invented by Aaron R. Kenkel (Hazel Green, Wis.), Thomas L. Kennedy (Bettendorf, Iowa), Stephen R. Corban (Geneseo, Ill.), Jeffery W. Dobchuk (Saskatoon, Canada) and Brett S. Graham (Dubuque, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A work machine comprises or otherwise has associated therewith a subterranean monitoring sensor, such as a ground penetrating radar, electromagnetic locator, etc. During a subterranean monitoring operation, movements of the work machine may be co...