ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,593,745, issued on April 7, was assigned to Grimme Landmaschinenfabrik SE & Co. KG (Damme, Germany).

"Cutting device for cutting plants" was invented by Werner Ploger (Bohmte, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cutting device for cutting plants is provided, and includes at least one cutting unit. The cutting unit has at least one probe element, which is fastened to a holding element and is intended for determining an extent of a plant. Furthermore, the cutting unit has at least one cutting element, which is fastened to a further holding element and is intended for cutting the plant depending on the extent. The cutting unit has at l...