WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- CARVER PUMP, Muscatine, Iowa, won a federal contract award for $10,983,000 from the Department of Defense Defense Logistics Agency, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, for pump unit, centrifug. Contract Award Number: SPRMM126PMD51; NAICS Code: 333914; Product Service Code (PSC): 4320; Solicitation Number: SPRMM126PMD51  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- FARM & CITY SUPPLY, Des Moines, Iowa, won a federal contract award for $28,344 from the Department of Defense Defense Logistics Agency, Columbus, Ohio, for filter element, intake air cleaner. Contract Award Number: SPE7L126P9H46; NAICS Code: 333618; Product Service Code (PSC): 29; Solicitation Number: SPE7L126Q1563  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- FARM & CITY SUPPLY, Des Moines, Iowa, won a federal contract award for $350,000 from the Department of Defense Defense Logistics Agency, Columbus, Ohio, for filter element, fluid. Contract Award Number: SPE7M426D60QQ; NAICS Code: 333998 ; Product Service Code (PSC): 43; Solicitation Number: SPE7M126U5633  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- GARY W CLEM, Nevada, Iowa, won a federal contract award for $53,876 from the Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, Maryland, for almaco brand name or equal floating row crop belt header - ithica, ny. Contract Award Number: 1232SA26P0764; Solicitation Number: 1232SA26Q1400  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- GARY W CLEM, Nevada, Iowa, won a federal contract award for $82,575 from the Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, Maryland, for almaco brand name or equal plot combine floating auger head - maricopa, az. Contract Award Number: 1232SA26P0646; Solicitation Number: 1232SA26Q1263  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- KONGSBERG DEFENCE & AEROSPACE AS, Norway, Iowa, won a federal contract award for $350,000 from the Department of Defense Defense Logistics Agency, Columbus, Ohio, for protective, dust and moisture s cover. Contract Award Number: SPE7L426D64DS; NAICS Code: 332510; Product Service Code (PSC): 53; Solicitation Number: SPE7LX26U9480  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- PERCIVAL SCIENTIFIC, Perry, Iowa, won a federal contract award for $45,576 from the Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, Maryland, for pgc-9/2 dual compartment plant growth chamber/ equal. Contract Award Number: 1232SA26P0820; NAICS Code: 333998 ; Product Service Code (PSC): 6636; Solicitation Number: 1232SA26P0820; SBA - Small Business Set Aside - Total  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- PRIME PHYSICIANS TRI PROVIDERS, Sioux City, Iowa, won a federal contract award for $381,946 from the Department of Health and Human Services Indian Health Service, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for oklahoma city area office ihs healthcare providers idiq solicitation. Contract Award Number: 75H71125D0003; NAICS Code: 561320; Product Service Code (PSC): Q999; Solicitation Number: 75H71326F29001; ISBEE - Indian Small Business Economic Enterprise  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Sept. 22 -- HNI TECHNOLOGIES INC., Muscatine, Iowa has been assigned a patent (No. US 12742552 B2, initially filed Jan. 30, 2024) developed by three inventors Richard Berg, Lakeville, Minnesota; Gary Butler, Lakeville, Minnesota; and Wayne Kuechenmeister, Lakeville, Minnesota, for "Brick installation kit, and associated methods of assembly and fireplace systems."  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Sept. 22 -- VAULTED VINYL LLC, Waterloo, Iowa has been assigned a patent (No. US 12743969 B1, initially filed March 21, 2025) developed by Shane A. Kemp, Washington, District of Columbia, for "Collectible card protector."  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Sept. 22 -- ALLIED BLENDING, Keokuk, Iowa has been assigned a patent (No. US 12740580 B2, initially filed June 7, 2023) developed by Leslie Boone, St. Louis, Missouri, for "Egg replacer."  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Sept. 22 -- ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC., Cedar Rapids, Iowa has been assigned a patent (No. US 12741746 B2, initially filed July 17, 2024) developed by Adam D. Mohling, Swisher, Iowa, for "Ejection seat sequencer time critical delay distribution methods and system."  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Sept. 22 -- PELLA CORPORATION, Pella, Iowa has been assigned a patent (No. US 12742352 B2, initially filed April 17, 2024) developed by four inventors Shawn Smothers, Pella, Iowa; Andrew Morse, Pella, Iowa; Mohammad Abdelrahim, Pella, Iowa; and Joshua Zehner, Pella, Iowa, for "End cap and corner block for fenestration unit."  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Sept. 22 -- ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC., Cedar Rapids, Iowa has been assigned a patent (No. US 12742836 B2, initially filed April 11, 2024) developed by David W. Cripe, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, for "Magnetoimpedance sensor."  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Sept. 22 -- ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC., Cedar Rapids, Iowa has been assigned a patent (No. US 12745644 B2, initially filed Sept. 8, 2023) developed by four inventors Eric N. Anderson, Marion, Iowa; Timothy R. Fannin, Urbana, Iowa; Brent J Nelson, Marion, Iowa; and Matthew P. Corbett, Mount Vernon, Iowa, for "Mechanical mitigation of neutron see."  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Sept. 22 -- PURE FISHING, INC, Spirit Lake, Iowa has been assigned a design patent (No. US D1148956 S1, initially filed May 10, 2023) developed by Midorikawa Hideto, Tokyo, Japan, and Andrew Wheeler, Lexington, South Carolina, for "Reel."  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Sept. 22 -- OMNITRON SENSORS INC., Los Angeles, Iowa has been assigned a patent (No. US 12742959 B2, initially filed Sept. 28, 2023) developed by four inventors Trent Huang, Los Angeles, California; Jia Li, Los Angeles, California; Curtis Ray, Los Angeles, California; and Jianing Zhao, Los Angeles, California, for "Scanning mirror with dual axis gimbal structure."  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Sept. 22 -- PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC., Johnston, Iowa has been assigned a patent (No. US 12740533 B1, initially filed Feb. 28, 2024) developed by Andrea Beth Kalvig, Waukee, Iowa, and Reid Rice, Wauseon, Ohio, for "Soybean variety 5PBGA91."  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Sept. 22 -- PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC., Johnston, Iowa has been assigned a patent (No. US 12740532 B1, initially filed Feb. 28, 2024) developed by Andrea Beth Kalvig, Waukee, Iowa, and Donald Kyle, Princeton, Illinois, for "Soybean variety 5PDBT29."  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Sept. 22 -- PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC., Johnston, Iowa has been assigned a patent (No. US 12740534 B1, initially filed Feb. 28, 2024) developed by Andrea Beth Kalvig, Waukee, Iowa, and Reid Rolland Rice, Wauseon, Ohio, for "Soybean variety 5PRFW64."  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Sept. 22 -- MISSION SYSTEMS DAVENPORT INC., Davenport, Iowa has been assigned a patent (No. US 12744476 B2, initially filed May 21, 2024) developed by Don Blackman, Bradenton, Florida, and Brian Ford, Bettendorf, Iowa, for "Stored energy release triggered by piezoelectric element."  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Sept. 22 -- INTEGRATED DNA TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Coralville, Iowa has been assigned a patent (No. US 12741995 B2, initially filed Aug. 15, 2023) developed by three inventors Steve Ehren Glenn, North Liberty, Iowa; Michael Allen Collingwood, Solon, Iowa; and Christopher Anthony Vakulskas, North Liberty, Iowa, for "Ubiquitin variant with high affinity for binding 53BP1 reduces the amount of AAV needed to achieve high rates of HDR."  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Sept. 22 -- DEERE & COMPANY, Moline, Illinois has been assigned a design patent (No. US D1148810 S1, initially filed Sept. 14, 2021) developed by five inventors Daniel J. DeBoer, Waucoma, Iowa; Jeremy P. L'Heureux, Cedar Falls, Iowa; Ryan G. Brown, Waterloo, Iowa; Charles N. Warren, Cedar Falls, Iowa; and Steven G. Melnyk, Des Moines, Iowa, for "Commodity tank for a work vehicle."  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Sept. 22 -- DEERE & COMPANY, Moline, Illinois has been assigned a patent (No. US 12742647 B2, initially filed June 28, 2021) developed by Kellen O'Connor, Clive, Iowa, and Jeremy J. Faust, Grimes, Iowa, for "Communication of fill level to receiving vehicle(s)."  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Sept. 22 -- ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC., Cedar Rapids, Iowa has been assigned a patent (No. US 12741746 B2, initially filed July 17, 2024) developed by Adam D. Mohling, Swisher, Iowa, for "Ejection seat sequencer time critical delay distribution methods and system."  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Sept. 22 -- PELLA CORPORATION, Pella, Iowa has been assigned a patent (No. US 12742352 B2, initially filed April 17, 2024) developed by four inventors Shawn Smothers, Pella, Iowa; Andrew Morse, Pella, Iowa; Mohammad Abdelrahim, Pella, Iowa; and Joshua Zehner, Pella, Iowa, for "End cap and corner block for fenestration unit."  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Sept. 22 -- DEERE & COMPANY, Moline, Illinois has been assigned a patent (No. US 12742302 B1, initially filed May 14, 2025) developed by three inventors Aaron R. Kenkel, Hazel Green, Wisconsin; John R. Mahrenholz, Dubuque, Iowa; and Adam J. Mueller, Asbury, Iowa, for "Excavator bucket control."  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Sept. 22 -- DEERE & COMPANY, Moline, Illinois has been assigned a patent (No. US 12740500 B2, initially filed Aug. 1, 2024) developed by six inventors Charles McCauley Ross, Los Altos, California; Jacob H. Goldstein, Sunnyvale, California; Michael Albert Elcano, Bakersfield, California; Riley John Sleichter, Johnston, Iowa; Pooja Piyush Mehta, San Jose, California; and Florin Cutu, San Jose, California, for "Generation and application of masks for farming implements of aut  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Sept. 22 -- WAHL CLIPPER CORPORATION, Sterling, Illinois has been assigned a design patent (No. US D1149183 S1, initially filed May 20, 2024) developed by Chad Aulwes, Sterling, Illinois, and Jeff Fleming, Davenport, Iowa, for "Hair clipper."  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Sept. 22 -- ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC., Cedar Rapids, Iowa has been assigned a patent (No. US 12742836 B2, initially filed April 11, 2024) developed by David W. Cripe, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, for "Magnetoimpedance sensor."  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Sept. 22 -- ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC., Cedar Rapids, Iowa has been assigned a patent (No. US 12745644 B2, initially filed Sept. 8, 2023) developed by four inventors Eric N. Anderson, Marion, Iowa; Timothy R. Fannin, Urbana, Iowa; Brent J Nelson, Marion, Iowa; and Matthew P. Corbett, Mount Vernon, Iowa, for "Mechanical mitigation of neutron see."  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Sept. 22 -- Two inventors, Randall J. Thiessen, Toledo, Iowa, and Lavoy M. Thiessen, Jr., Parker, Colorado, have been awarded a patent (No. US 12742126 B2, initially filed April 3, 2023) for "Method and apparatus for a combined tire pyrolyzer/gasifier and biomass gasifier."  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Sept. 22 -- INTEL CORPORATION, Santa Clara, California has been assigned a patent (No. US 12744322 B2, initially filed March 28, 2024) developed by five inventors Feras Eid, Chandler, Arizona; Sasha N. Oster, Marion, Iowa; Telesphor Kamgaing, Chandler, Arizona; Georgios C. Dogiamis, Chandler, Arizona; and Aleksandar Aleksov, Chandler, Arizona, for "Microelectronic devices designed with mold patterning to create package-level components for high frequency communication syst  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Sept. 22 -- DEERE & COMPANY, Moline, Illinois has been assigned a patent (No. US 12743912 B2, initially filed July 22, 2024) developed by seven inventors Amy K. Jones, Asbury, Iowa; Anthony Herrera, Johnston, Iowa; Amit Naik, Corlim, India; Mark T. Dolson, Asbury, Iowa; Jordan J. Hendriksen, Johnston, Iowa; Daniel J. Schimke, Waukee, Iowa; and Adam J. Kolman, Bettendorf, Iowa, for "Risk reduction system and method for one or more work machines at a worksite."  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Sept. 22 -- MEDTRONIC, INC., Minneapolis, Minnesota has been assigned a patent (No. US 12740722 B2, initially filed May 1, 2024) developed by six inventors Shantanu Sarkar, Roseville, Minnesota; Eric M. Christensen, Dedham, Iowa; Deborah Ann Jaye, Lino Lakes, Minnesota; Niranjan Chakravarthy, Singapore, Singapore; Geert Morren, Vissenaken, Belgium; and Jerry D. Reiland, Coon Rapids, Minnesota, for "Sensing respiration parameters based on an impedance signal."  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Sept. 22 -- PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC., Johnston, Iowa has been assigned a patent (No. US 12740533 B1, initially filed Feb. 28, 2024) developed by Andrea Beth Kalvig, Waukee, Iowa, and Reid Rice, Wauseon, Ohio, for "Soybean variety 5PBGA91."  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Sept. 22 -- PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC., Johnston, Iowa has been assigned a patent (No. US 12740532 B1, initially filed Feb. 28, 2024) developed by Andrea Beth Kalvig, Waukee, Iowa, and Donald Kyle, Princeton, Illinois, for "Soybean variety 5PDBT29."  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Sept. 22 -- PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC., Johnston, Iowa has been assigned a patent (No. US 12740534 B1, initially filed Feb. 28, 2024) developed by Andrea Beth Kalvig, Waukee, Iowa, and Reid Rolland Rice, Wauseon, Ohio, for "Soybean variety 5PRFW64."  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Sept. 22 -- MISSION SYSTEMS DAVENPORT INC., Davenport, Iowa has been assigned a patent (No. US 12744476 B2, initially filed May 21, 2024) developed by Don Blackman, Bradenton, Florida, and Brian Ford, Bettendorf, Iowa, for "Stored energy release triggered by piezoelectric element."  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Sept. 22 -- SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, South Korea has been assigned a patent (No. US 12744540 B2, initially filed Nov. 11, 2024) developed by four inventors Jie Wu, San Diego, California; Sigang Qiu, Sunnyvale, California; Gary Lennen, Cupertino, California; and Paul Johnson, Iowa City, Iowa, for "Systems and methods for frequency-drift correction."  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Sept. 22 -- BRIDGESTONE BANDAG, LLC, Nashville, Tennessee has been assigned a patent (No. US 12741490 B2, initially filed Jan. 14, 2022) developed by Logan M. Koepke, Muscatine, Iowa, for "Systems and methods for sipe patterns."  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Sept. 22 -- INTEGRATED DNA TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Coralville, Iowa has been assigned a patent (No. US 12741995 B2, initially filed Aug. 15, 2023) developed by three inventors Steve Ehren Glenn, North Liberty, Iowa; Michael Allen Collingwood, Solon, Iowa; and Christopher Anthony Vakulskas, North Liberty, Iowa, for "Ubiquitin variant with high affinity for binding 53BP1 reduces the amount of AAV needed to achieve high rates of HDR."  more