ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,635,606, issued on May 26, was assigned to Deere & Co. (Moline, Ill.).

"Multi pass unloading operation" was invented by Kellen E. O'Connor (Clive, Iowa), Jeremy J. Faust (Grimes, Iowa) and Sara C. O'Connor (Clive, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A leading vehicle loads material into a receiving vehicle during an unloading operation. The unloading operation loads the receiving vehicle according to a multi-pass fill pattern."

The patent was filed on Aug. 10, 2023, under Application No. 18/447,718.

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