ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,593,742, issued on April 7, was assigned to Sulerud AS (Sorum, Norway).

"Seed coulter for direct seed drill, seeding unit comprising said seed coulter and sowing machine comprising several seeding units" was invented by Gulbrand Romsaas (Sorum, Norway) and Terje Gulbrand Romsaas (Sorum, Norway).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seed coulter arranged to place one or more inputs in a groove behind a tine of a direct seed drill for field crops. The seed coulter is arranged for displaceable connection to the tine and is freely displaceable in the longitudinal direction of the tine between a lower position and an upper position. A seeding unit ...