ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,780, issued on March 24, was assigned to DEERE & COMPANY (Moline, Ill.).
"Methods, systems, and apparatuses for bulk material meter calibration" was invented by Jeremy M. Strief (Davenport, Iowa), Robert Kaldenbach (Davenport, Iowa), Mandar M Kale (Pune, India), Sandeep Ekhe (Ahmednagar, India), Pradeep Kale (Parbhani, India), Prasad Manjrekar (Pune, India), Elijah B. Garner (Bettendorf, Iowa) and Andrew W. Harmon (Geneseo, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example container for collecting bulk material dispensed from a meter during a calibration operation may include a canister comprising an open end to receive bulk material, ...