ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,591,243, issued on March 31, was assigned to Doosan Bobcat North America Inc. (West Fargo, N.D.).

"Path determination for automatic mowers" was invented by Dylan Stokosa (Lincoln, N.D.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems are provided for controlling automatic travel of a power machine, particularly a mower. A set of points associated with a geographical area can be used to define a work path for a work task associated with the geographical area. The power machine can be controlled to perform the work task by traveling along the work path."

The patent was filed on Feb. 6, 2023, under Application No. 18/164,803.

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