ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,503, issued on March 17, was assigned to Deere & Co. (Moline, Ill.).

"Threshing concave for combine harvester" was invented by Daniel Jung (Saarbruecken, Germany), Jonas Zollondz (Saarland, Germany), Marco Broschart (Herschberg, Germany) and Michael Lettau (St. Ingbert, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A threshing concave for a combine harvester comprises a crop processing device which is arranged at the inlet to the threshing concave and can be adjusted between an active and an inactive position, adjustable elements which are arranged downstream of the inlet to the threshing concave and can be adjusted between an active and a...