ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,616,082, issued on May 5, was assigned to DEERE & COMPANY (Moline, Ill.).
"Seed placement device" was invented by Robert T. Casper (Davenport, La.), Elijah B. Garner (Bettendorf, Iowa), Dnyanesh Dhobale (Pune, India) and Stanley R. Borkgren (Geneseo, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seed placement device connected to a machine to transfer seed to a furrow includes a housing having a first opening through which seed is received and a second opening through which seed is discharged. An endless member positioned within the housing, and a drive member that controls movement of the endless member in cooperation with movement of the machine...