ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,772,930, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Deere & Co. (Moline, Ill.).
"Automated virtual load tracking" was invented by Michael A. Waldo (Ankeny, Iowa) and Grant J. Wonderlich (Milan, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for automating the collection aggregation, and processing of data relating to harvesting or dispersion of an agricultural product. During harvesting and planting operations, data related to the product harvested or planted can be collected, aggregated, and used to improve the operation, and to help identification of the product at point of sale or point of dispersion. ...