ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,723,364, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Deere & Co. (Moline, Ill.).

"Work machine with a lift linkage assembly" was invented by Nilesh T. Kumbhar (Karad, India), Brett S. Graham (Dubuque, Iowa), Eric Vilar (Dubuque, Iowa) and Giovanni A. Wuisan (Epworth, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A work machine comprising of a frame extending longitudinally, a ground-engaging unit supporting the frame, and an operator cab coupled to the frame. A boom is pivotally coupled to a rear portion of the frame and coupled to the attachment coupler at a forward portion of the boom. The boom extends longitudinally and is configured to move the attachm...