ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,588,595, issued on March 31, was assigned to ENGELS FAMILIE HOLDING B.V. (Panningen, Netherlands).

"Harvesting machine for harvesting elongated plants as well as a method for harvesting elongated plants" was invented by Franciscus Maria Engels (Panningen, Netherlands), Marcus Franciscus Engels (Panningen, Netherlands) and Christiaan Michiel Engels (Panningen, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a harvesting machine for harvesting elongated plants, for example such as green asparagus, wherein the harvesting machine, moving in a direction of travel, is provided with at least one in-feed device with which a ...