ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,585,025, issued on March 24, was assigned to P2 Services LLC (Gurnee, Ill.).

"System and method for monitoring the use of seed boxes" was invented by Matt Dannenfeldt (Carlsbad, Calif.), Joe Waldman (Shorewood, Wis.), Quintin Bucher (Bushnell, Ill.), Jake Henson (Macomb, Ill.) and Edward Gilbert (Evanston, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for monitoring the location and usage of seed boxes. The system includes a sensor on the seed box slide gate and the seed box to detect when the slide gate is opened to discharge the seeds contained within the seed box. A GPS unit may be installed within the seed box to detect an...