ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,743,081, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Yanmar Holdings Co. Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).

"Route determination method, route determination system, and route determination program" was invented by Akihiro Suzuki (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A route determination method, a route determination system, and a route determination program are provided for determining a target route where a work vehicle can work while performing automatic traveling without damaging the topsoil of the work site."

The patent was filed on May 26, 2022, under Application No. 17/826,010.

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