ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,588,599, issued on March 31, was assigned to Kubota Corp. (Osaka, Japan).

"Electric mower" was invented by Jordan Lynn (Gainesville, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric mower includes: a body; a battery on the body; a cover including: a back wall backward of the battery; and a left side wall and a right side wall each extending forward from the back wall, the cover covering at least a portion of the battery; at least one motor drivable by the battery; and at least one controller disposed between the battery and at least one of the left and right side walls and configured to control the at least one motor."

The patent was fil...