ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,604,810, issued on April 21, was assigned to KUHN NORTH AMERICA INC. (Brodhead, Wis.).

"Systems, apparatus, and related methods for use with mergers" was invented by Damion D. Babler (Albany, Wis.), Dana E. Redman (Orfordville, Wis.), Dennis Williams (Albany, Wis.), Reid L. Christ (Evansville, Wis.), Thomas J. Hoffman (Sun Prairie, Wis.), Timothy G. Osterhaus (Stoughton, Wis.) and William J. Bassett (Brodhead, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An agricultural machine includes: a pickup configured to pick up material from a ground; a conveyor configured to eject the material provided thereon by the pickup; a wind guard configured to ch...