Patents Issued in January 30, 2024
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Patent number: D1013319Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2022Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Inventor: La'Guam Nesbitt
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Patent number: D1013320Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2022Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: Smartsafe Console LLCInventor: Tarkan Bastiyali
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Patent number: PP35601Abstract: A new and distinct variety of climbing rose plant, referred to by its cultivar name, ‘MEIGUNFLA’, is disclosed. The new variety forms attractive, double, bright red colored flowers. Attractive dense, glossy foliage is formed, which contrasts beautifully with the blossoms. A climbing growth habit is displayed. The new variety is well suited for providing attractive ornamentation in the landscape.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2023Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: THE CONARD PYLE COMPANYInventor: Alain Antoine Meilland
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Patent number: PP35602Abstract: A new and distinct variety of rose plant, referred to by its cultivar name, ‘MEICTARUS’, is disclosed. The new variety forms attractive, very double pink-colored flowers. Attractive semi-glossy foliage is formed, which contrasts beautifully with the blossoms. A shrub growth habit is displayed. The new variety is well suited for providing attractive ornamentation in the landscape.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2023Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: THE CONARD PYLE COMPANYInventor: Alain Antoine Meilland
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Patent number: PP35603Abstract: ‘R205’ is a new apple tree notable for its fruit, which exhibits attractive dark red skin and red and white flesh and is well-suited for the fresh market.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2023Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: IFO S.A.R.L.Inventor: Valérie Fouillet
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Patent number: PP35604Abstract: A new cultivar of Colorado blue spruce tree named ‘Hymes Blue Dream’ characterized by its foliage that is very intensely blue in color in appearance during the summer months and blue grey in color in the winter months, its foliage with a very glaucous surface, its dense and compact plant habit, and its short height; obtaining a height of 6 m in 20 years when grown in Oregon.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2023Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: TREESAP FARMS LLCInventor: Randall S. Nelson
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Patent number: PP35605Abstract: A new and distinct Philadelphus cultivar named ‘P1’ is disclosed, characterized by a compact habit, and large, white and pink flowers with a strong, pleasant scent. The new variety is a Philadelphus, normally used for outdoor ornamental purposes.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2023Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Inventor: Alan Postill
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Patent number: PP35606Abstract: A new and distinct Dipladenia cultivar named ‘TSF 003’ is disclosed, characterized by pink flowers and variegated foliage which has been proven stable. The variegated foliage has The new variety is a Dipladenia, typically produced as an indoor ornamental plant.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2023Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: Treesap Farms LLCInventor: Lawrence Harold Weisel
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Patent number: PP35607Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Mandevilla plant named ‘MAN222901’, characterized by its upright to spreading and vining plant habit; vigorous growth habit and moderate growth rate; glossy dark green-colored leaves; early and freely flowering habit; and relatively large bright red-colored flowers.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2023Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: MBA B.V.Inventor: Niels Arts
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Patent number: PP35608Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Mandevilla plant named ‘MAN223901’, characterized by its upright to spreading and vining plant habit; vigorous growth habit and moderate growth rate; glossy dark green-colored leaves; early and freely flowering habit; and relatively large bright purplish pink-colored flowers.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2023Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: MBA B.V.Inventor: Niels Arts
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Patent number: PP35609Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Camellia plant named ‘FARROWCJFRF’ is disclosed, characterized by light pink single to semi-double flowers, and dark reddish-purple foliage color on the new flush of growth. Mature foliage is dark green with a glossy cuticle. The new cultivar is a Camellia, suitable for ornamental garden purposes.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2023Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: Spring Meadow Nursery Inc.Inventor: Michael W. Farrow
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Patent number: PP35610Abstract: A new cultivar of Ilex crenata plant named ‘Jenny’ that is characterized by its highly vigorous growth habit with strong and fast-growing root systems, its flat leaves, its foliage that is bright green in color when young and dark green in color when mature, its male flowers that lack fruit production, and its neat and densely branched plant habit.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2023Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Inventor: Barry Wansinck
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Patent number: PP35611Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Hydrangea plant named ‘COUHACINQ’ is disclosed, characterized by globular to conical-shaped panicles with flowers that age from greenish-white, to white, to light pink to dark red. Plants have compact habits, brown immature stems, and dark green foliage. The new variety is a Hydrangea, typically produced as an outdoor ornamental plant.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2023Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Inventor: Jacques Couturieux
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Patent number: PP35612Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Hydrangea plant named ‘WNHYDFBWMH’ is disclosed, characterized by mophead inflorescences, emerging from both terminal and lateral buds. Green sepals fade to white with green streaks. Plants flower early, and have mounded, cascading habits. The new variety is a Hydrangea, typically produced as an outdoor ornamental plant.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2023Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: WinGen LLCInventor: Ushio Sakazaki
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Patent number: PP35613Abstract: A new cultivar of Hydrangea arborescens plant named ‘BAIful’ that is characterized by its strong branches, its compact and well-branched plant habit, its abundant and uniform flowering habit over the outer canopy of the plant, its mophead flowerheads that open white in color, mature to green and fade to brown, its age that has good resistance to bacterial leaf spot, and its overwintered liners that if propagated the season before consistently flower the next growing season.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2023Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: BAILEY NURSERIES INC.Inventors: David Charles Zlesak, Gail Katherine Soens
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Patent number: PP35614Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Veronica plant named ‘Allvbaby’, characterized by its relatively compact and broadly upright plant habit; moderately vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; medium green-colored leaves; freely flowering habit; dense inflorescences with numerous violet-colored flowers; and good performance as a garden plant.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2022Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: ALLPLANTS HOLDING B.V.Inventor: Wilhelmus T. J. van den Hoogen
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Patent number: PP35615Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Hebe plant named ‘HOP104’, characterized by its compact and upright to outwardly spreading and uniformly mounding plant habit; freely branching habit; dark green-colored leaves; freely flowering habit with numerous purple-colored flowers that resist fading; and long flowering period.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2023Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: FIRMA E. HOPMANS V.O.F.Inventor: Rudolf Johannes Hopmans
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Patent number: PP35616Abstract: A new cultivar of Sempervivum plant named ‘Belsemmag2’ characterized by its foliage that is dark burgundy red to nearly black with bright red new leaves in spring, turning to soft rose-red with green accents in summer, and red-purple and grey-green in autumn and winter, its strong root system, and its suitability for growing outdoors year around.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2023Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: BELGICACTUS B.V.B.A.Inventor: Jef Gielis
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Patent number: PP35617Abstract: ‘PREESMANPT2’ is a distinctive Primulina plant which is characterized by a moderately fast rate of growth, broad ovate foliage that is moderately to strongly concave with coarsely crenulate leaf margins, dark green and glossy foliage that is overlaid with a light greyed-green reticulate pattern, as well as the uniformity and stability of these characteristics from generation to generation.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2023Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: Preesman B. V.Inventor: Kees Preesman
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Patent number: PP35618Abstract: A new and distinct Leucanthemum plant having double, daisy-type inflorescences, yellow inflorescence buds and young ray florets, and medium-sized fully open inflorescences displaying numerous white ray florets.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2023Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: Terra Nova Nurseries, Inc.Inventor: Harini Korlipara
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Patent number: PP35619Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Phalaenopsis plant named ‘Cheeky Pirate’, characterized by its broadly upright plant habit; moderately vigorous growth habit; strong flowering stems; strong leaves; freely flowering habit with typically two inflorescences per plant, each inflorescence with numerous flowers; reddish purple-colored flowers with darker reddish purple-colored labellum and light pale purple-colored petal and sepal margin edges; and good postproduction longevity.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2023Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: FLORICULTURA B.V.Inventor: Rene Schoone
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Patent number: PP35620Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Phalaenopsis plant named ‘MI01764’, characterized by its upright plant habit; vigorous growth habit and rapid growth rate; strong and flexible flowering stems; outwardly arching leaves; freely flowering habit with typically two inflorescences per plant, each inflorescence with numerous flowers; dark purple-colored flowers with white-colored margins; and good postproduction longevity.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2023Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: MICROFLOR N.V.Inventor: Febe Flore
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Patent number: PP35621Abstract: A new and distinct variety of Phalaenopsis plant named ‘PHA567431’, particularly characterized by having numerous attractive, large, white flowers with light yellow-green and white lips, flowers that are flat in lateral view, medium lip curvature of lateral lobe, and is propagated by meristem tissue culture, is disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2023Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: Anthura B.V.Inventor: Martinus Nicolaas Gerardus Van Swieten
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Patent number: PP35622Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Petunia plant named ‘Dopetsmarwipin’, characterized by its semi-upright and uniformly mounding plant habit; vigorous growth habit and moderate growth rate; freely branching habit; early and freely flowering habit; large purplish red and white bi-colored flowers; and good container and garden performance.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2023Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: DUMMEN GROUP B.V.Inventor: Arjan Koot
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Patent number: PP35623Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Petunia plant named ‘Dopetsmarwired’, characterized by its semi-upright and uniformly mounding plant habit; vigorous growth habit and moderate growth rate; freely branching habit; early and freely flowering habit; large bright red and white to light yellow bi-colored flowers; and good container and garden performance.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2023Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: DUMMEN GROUP B.V.Inventor: Arjan Koot
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Patent number: PP35624Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Petunia plant named ‘Dopetsweewhi97’, characterized by its semi-upright and uniformly mounding plant habit; vigorous growth habit and moderate growth rate; freely branching habit; early and freely flowering habit; large pure white-colored flowers; and good container and garden performance.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2023Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: DUMMEN GROUP B.V.Inventor: Arjan Koot
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Patent number: PP35625Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Petunia plant named ‘Dopetsweebapi98’, characterized by its semi-upright and uniformly mounding plant habit; vigorous growth habit and moderate growth rate; freely branching habit; early and freely flowering habit; large purplish pink-colored flowers with white-colored centers; and good container and garden performance.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2023Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: DUMMEN GROUP B.V.Inventor: Arjan Koot
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Patent number: PP35626Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Xerochrysum plant named ‘Bonxer 1856’, characterized by its upright and uniformly mounding plant habit; vigorous growth habit; freely flowering habit; inflorescences with bright red-colored involucral bracts; and strong peduncles that hold the inflorescences above the foliar plane.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2023Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: BONZA BOTANICALS PTY., LTD.Inventor: Andrew Bernuetz
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Patent number: PP35627Abstract: A new and unique X Mangave plant named ‘Whale Shark’ is characterized by glaucous, variegated, slightly-arching, lanceolate foliage with small semi-flexible marginal teeth on deeply-scalloped margins and apical spines. Leaves have a silver-grey center, creamy-white edge and a minty-green zone between, and develop greyed-purple spotting with strong ultraviolet light. The habit is low, wide, and slightly arching. Plants are useful for landscaping as specimens or en masse or as container plants in the landscape or in the home.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2023Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: Walters Gardens IncInventor: Hans A Hansen
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Patent number: PP35628Abstract: A new and distinct Rudbeckia plant having cupped to quilled, golden-colored ray florets, a short, rounded habit, and excellent vigor.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2023Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: Terra Nova Nurseries, Inc.Inventor: Harini Korlipara
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Patent number: PP35629Abstract: A new and distinct ornamental perennial Sedum plant named ‘Strawberry Milkshake’ is characterized by tight-forming upright mounds of vertical stems with glaucous deep purplish-bronze foliage that resists powdery mildew and subsequent scaring. The numerous, stems are highly branched and resist lodging in the summer heat and rains. Flower buds are purplish-red opening to light-pink completely covering the top of the plant, and developing persistent rosy-purple ovaries. The new plant is useful for the landscape in containers, as specimens or en masse.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2023Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: Walters Gardens, Inc.Inventor: Hans A Hansen
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Patent number: RE49816Abstract: The compounds of the present invention are represented by the following compounds having Formula (I) where the substituents R1-R10, X, Y, k, m, n, q, and s are as defined herein. These compounds are used in the treatment of cancer, immunologic disorders, autoimmune disorders, neurodegenerative disorders, or inflammatory disorders or for providing immunosuppression for transplanted organs or tissues.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2020Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: CORNELL UNIVERSITYInventors: Gang Lin, Carl Nathan, Aihao Ding, Xiaojing Ma
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Patent number: RE49817Abstract: A mechanism for supporting and positioning a glass floor unit relative to a base utilizing a support positioned to contact the glass floor unit. An adjuster interacts with a receiver fixed to the base. The adjuster includes a contact element which moves the support and exerts a force against the glass floor unit in an upward direction.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2020Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: O'KEEFFE'S, INC.Inventor: William F. O'Keeffe
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Patent number: RE49818Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a memory includes a buffer area, a first storage, a second storage and a driver. The buffer area is reserved in order to transfer data between the driver and a host system that requests for data writing and data reading. The driver is configured to write data into the second storage and read data from the second storage in units of predetermined blocks using the first storage as a cache for the second storage. The driver is further configured to reserve a cache area in the memory, between the buffer area and the first external storage, and between the buffer area and the second storage. The driver is further configured to manage the cache area in units of the predetermined blocks.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2020Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: Kioxia CorporationInventor: Takehiko Kurashige
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Patent number: RE49819Abstract: A method of displaying items on a mobile terminal includes displaying a first icon group of a plurality of icons on a display of the mobile terminal, such that each icon of the first icon group is associated with an application that is executable on the mobile terminal. Also performed is detecting user contact at a first location of the display relative to a displayed location of a particular icon of the first icon group and detecting further user contact representing a dragging over a distance beginning from the first location, such that the dragging represents substantially continual user contact from the first location over the distance. Also, after the dragging occurs over a threshold distance, displaying a second group of icons in an icon display region, such that each icon of the second icon group is associated with an application that is executable on the mobile terminal.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2018Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventor: Sungeun Bang
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Patent number: RE49820Abstract: An approach for forming a semiconductor device is provided. In general, the device is formed by providing a metal layer, a cap layer over the metal layer, and an ultra low k layer over the cap layer. A via is then formed through the ultra low k layer and the cap layer. Once the via is formed, a barrier layer (e.g., cobalt (Co), tantalum (Ta), cobalt-tungsten-phosphide (CoWP), or other metal capable of acting as a copper (CU) diffusion barrier) is selectively applied to a bottom surface of the via. A liner layer (e.g., manganese (MN) or aluminum (AL)) is then applied to a set of sidewalls of the via. The via may then be filled with a subsequent metal layer (with or without a seed layer), and the device may the then be further processed (e.g., annealed).Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2019Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: GlobalFoundries U.S. Inc.Inventors: Larry Zhao, Ming He, Xunyuan Zhang, Sean Xuan Lin
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Patent number: RE49821Abstract: Disclosed herein is a semiconductor integrated circuit, wherein a desired circuit is formed by combining and laying out a plurality of standard cells and connecting the cells together, of which the cell length, i.e., the gap between a pair of opposed sides, is standardized, the plurality of standard cells forming the desired circuit include complementary in-phase driven standard cells, each of which includes a plurality of complementary transistor pairs that are complementary in conductivity type to each other and have their gate electrodes connected together, and N (?2) pairs of all the complementary transistor pairs are driven in phase, and the size of the standardized cell length of the complementary in-phase driven standard cell is defined as an M-fold cell length which is M (N?M?2) times the basic cell length which is appropriate to the single complementary transistor pair.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2021Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: Sony Group CorporationInventor: Yoshinori Tanaka
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Patent number: RE49822Abstract: A right-hand circularly-polarized patch antenna comprising a ground plane and a patch connected to each other with one or more wires for which the wire shape and location of the end points are selected such that they do not cause an antenna mismatch, and the electrical current carried in the wires produces an extra electromagnetic field subtracted from the patch field in the nadir direction.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2021Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: TOPCON POSITIONING SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Andrey Vitalievich Astakhov, Dmitry Vitalievich Tatarnikov, Pavel Petrovich Shamatulsky
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Patent number: RE49823Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for transmitting and receiving signals in a mobile communication system are provided. A method for transmitting a signal by an evolved Node B (eNB) in a mobile communication system includes transmitting a same control channel signal to each of a plurality of Radio Units (RUs), and transmitting a different data channel signal to each of the plurality of RUs. A data channel signal transmitted to each of the plurality of RUs may be determined taking into account at least one of a location of a User Equipment (UE) that will receive the data channel signal, and load balancing.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2022Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Eun-Yong Kim, June Moon, Chung-Ryul Chang, Young-Ky Kim, Eun-Seok Ko
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Patent number: RE49824Abstract: A server or other computing device manages meetings in a virtual meeting room on behalf of a virtual meeting room owner. A request is received from an attendee to join a meeting in the virtual meeting room. A determination is made, based on configurations set by the virtual meeting room owner, whether to connect the attendee to a virtual waiting room. The attendee is connected to the virtual waiting room in accordance with the configurations set by the virtual meeting room owner.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2020Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: James E. Coffman, Jonathan Rosenberg, Jorunn Aarseth, Keith Griffin, John K. Restrick, Jr.
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Patent number: 11882777Abstract: An agricultural device with a wear resistant coating comprising a shank portion that may be attached to an agricultural implement. First and second rear wings connect to an intermediate portion that connects to the shank portion. First and second shoulders are formed at the points where the rear wings meet the intermediate portion, and a patch of wear resistant coating is applied at each of the first and second shoulders. A first edge tapers forwardly from the first rear wing to a point, and a second edge tapers forwardly from the second rear wing to the point. Wear resistant coating may also be applied to the first and second edges or the point. Wear resistant coating may be applied to the agricultural device in a pattern that is specific to soil type.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2021Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: OSMUNDSON MFG. CO.Inventor: Douglas G Bruce
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Patent number: 11882778Abstract: A disk for use with a tillage machine includes a body portion rotatable about an axis of rotation. The body portion has a circumferential edge and a concavity with a first radius defined from a point on the axis of rotation. A hub portion is continuous with the body portion and presents an abutment face having a concavity with a second radius defined from a point on the axis of rotation. An aperture extends through the abutment face and is centered about the axis of rotation.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2020Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: Deere & CompanyInventors: Luc Janelle, David L. Steinlage, Jacob W. Cross, Greg T. Buse, Rohit Bartakke
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Patent number: 11882779Abstract: An earth working roller comprises a support structure (11), wherein to form a roller body (36) rotatable about a roller axis of rotation (A) on a radially outer region of the support structure (11), a plurality of first earth working units (30) is provided extending substantially in the direction of the roller axis of rotation (A) and/or a plurality of second earth working units (38) is provided extending substantially in the circumferential direction.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2021Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: HAMM AGInventor: Matthias Meier
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Patent number: 11882780Abstract: An agricultural system comprising a plough. The plough comprising: a plough body; a stone-trip-mechanism that is configured to be tripped when the plough body encounters a stone or other obstruction; and a trip-sensor configured to provide trip-data in response to the stone-trip-mechanism being tripped. The agricultural system also includes a location-determining-system associated with the plough, wherein the location-determining-system is configured to provide location-data that is representative of a location of the plough; and a controller. The controller is configured to: receive the trip-data; and store location-data provided by the location-determining-system as a trip-location based on the trip-data, wherein the trip-location is a location of the plough at the time that the stone-trip-mechanism is tripped.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2020Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: CNH INDUSTRIAL AMERICA LLCInventors: Daniel Hertzog, Bengt Per-Inge Linderson, Per Dennis Wallin, Carl Ola Fredrik Nilsson, Robert Svensson, Rickard Karl Gustav Nåhdin
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Patent number: 11882781Abstract: A control system for an implement hitch of an agricultural vehicle, wherein the hitch is mounted to the vehicle and includes one or more hydraulic cylinders or other actuators operable to raise and lower the hitch between minimum and maximum heights relative to the vehicle and hold the hitch static at one or more heights between the minimum and maximum heights. The control system includes a rocker control device having a first operating position and being movable in a first direction to a first limit position and in a second direction to a second limit position. An electronic control unit connected to the rocker control device is configured to control operation of the or each of the hydraulic cylinders or actuators and thereby control raising and lowering of the hitch in response to user operation of the rocker control device.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2020Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: AGCO International GmbHInventors: Tobias Albrecht, Andreas Kämmerer, Gerhard Mariner, Peter Miller
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Patent number: 11882782Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatus for adjusting the depth of a trench opened by a row unit of an agricultural planter. The row unit includes a trench depth adjustment assembly configured to modify the furrow depth. In one embodiment, the depth adjustment assembly may include a gear box having one or more gears which engage with a gear rack. The gear box may be pivotally connected to a depth adjustment body supporting a rocker that adjusts upward travel of gauge wheel arms. In another embodiment, the depth adjustment assembly may include a depth adjustment arm having a screw receiver that cooperates with a driven screw that adjusts the position of the depth adjustment arm acting on the gauge wheels to adjust trench depth.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2019Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: Precision Planting LLCInventors: Dillon Sloneker, Jeremy Hodel
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Patent number: 11882783Abstract: A disc assembly for an agricultural implement includes a mounting assembly having a housing and a rotatable shaft configured to be disposed within the housing. The mounting assembly includes a first end cap non-movably coupled to the rotatable shaft, in which the first end cap is configured to engage a longitudinally inward surface of a first disc blade. The mounting assembly also includes a second end cap having a first engagement feature configured to selectively engage a second engagement feature of the rotatable shaft to non-movably couple the second end cap to the rotatable shaft. The second end cap is configured to engage a longitudinally inward surface of a second disc blade, and the second end cap is selectively removable from the rotatable shaft via disengagement of the first and second engagement features to facilitate engagement and disengagement of the rotatable shaft with the longitudinal passage of the housing.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2021Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLCInventors: Michael George Kovach, Timothy Richard Blunier
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Patent number: 11882784Abstract: Implementations are described herein for predicting soil organic carbon (“SOC”) content for agricultural fields detected in digital imagery. In various implementations, one or more digital images depicting portion(s) of one or more agricultural fields may be processed. The one or more digital images may have been acquired by a vision sensor carried through the field(s) by a ground-based vehicle. Based on the processing, one or more agricultural inferences indicating agricultural practices or conditions predicted to affect SOC content may be determined. Based on the agricultural inferences, one or more predicted SOC measurements for the field(s) may be determined.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2023Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: MINERAL EARTH SCIENCES LLCInventors: Cheng-En Guo, Jie Yang, Zhiqiang Yuan, Elliott Grant
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Patent number: 11882785Abstract: In one aspect, a system for controlling the operation of a residue removal device of a seed-planting implement may include a residue removal device configured to remove residue from a path of the seed-planting implement. The system may also include a sensor configured to capture data indicative of a residue characteristic associated with a portion of the field within a detection zone positioned forward of the residue removal device relative to a direction of travel of the seed-planting implement. Furthermore, the system may include a controller communicatively coupled to the sensor. As such, the controller may be configured to monitor the residue characteristic associated with the portion of the field within the detection zone based on data received from the sensor. Additionally, the controller may be further configured to control the operation of the residue removal device based on the monitored residue characteristic.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2022Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLCInventors: Chad M. Johnson, Trevor Stanhope, Christopher Schoeny
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Patent number: 11882786Abstract: A computer system and computer-implemented techniques for determining and presenting improved seeding rate recommendations for planting seeds in a field are provided. In an embodiment, a computer-implemented method includes receiving digital data representing planting parameters including seed type information and planting row width, and retrieving a set of seeding models based upon the planting parameters, where each of the seeding models includes a regression model defining a relationship between plant yield and seeding rate on a specific field. The method also includes generating an empirical mixture model as a composite distribution of the set of seeding models, generating a seeding rate distribution for the planting parameters based upon the empirical mixture model, and calculating a seeding rate recommendation based on the seed rate distribution. The method then also includes planting plant seeds in the specific field consistent with the seeding rate recommendation.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2022Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: CLIMATE LLCInventors: Sanjay Lamsal, Lijuan Xu