ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,509, issued on March 17, was assigned to FREE GREEN NATURE S.R.L. (Colle Umberto, Italy).

"Movable apparatus with automatic/autonomous operation slidable along pre-established paths among rows of vineyards, for the anti-bacterial and fungicide treatment of the same vineyards" was invented by Valter Mazzarolo (Sarmede, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Movable apparatus (5) with automatic autonomous operation (AGV) slidable along pre-established paths (9) among rows of vineyard (10, 11), for the anti-bacterial, fungicide and anti-parasitic treatment in general of the same vineyards, and in particular of the leaves, the trees and t...