ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,604,816, issued on April 21, was assigned to Kubota Corp. (Osaka, Japan).

"Agricultural tool" was invented by Roatchanatam Anattasakul (Sakai, Japan) and Pius Ng (Sakai, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An agricultural tool includes a motor, a first driving gear to be driven by the motor, a second driving gear to be driven by the motor, and a main gear including a plurality of openings along a periphery of the main gear. The plurality of openings include a first opening and a second opening. The main gear includes a first receiving portion that defines a first receiving space, and a second receiving portion that defines a second rec...