US Patent Issued to Veris Technologies on Sept. 22 for "Agricultural implement with sensors for measuring soil properties" (Kansas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,740,499, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Veris Technologies Inc. (Salina, Kan.).

"Agricultural implement with sensors for measuring soil properties" was invented by Eric Lund (Salina, Kan.), Kyle Jensen (Salina, Kan.), Chase Maxton (Salina, Kan.), Tyler Lund (Salina, Kan.) and Paul Drummond (Minneapolis, Kan.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An agricultural implement with various sensors for measuring properties of soil while performing normal planting or other operations. The sensors include a plurality of flexible tine assemblies used as electrodes for measuring soil EC. The flexible tine assemblies each have a lower end arranged to...