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Crop Technology, Inc. is justifiably proud of its leadership in the field of
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CTI is also proud to point out the fact that its technology performs all these steps virtually instantaneously, in a one trip, no owner/operator hassle process.
CTI holds, by assignment from its founders, pioneer patents providing advanced technology for precision agriculture applications.
While under patent examination (i.e., before patent issuance), it is CTI policy, in accordance with the laws of the land, not to provide full, detailed public disclosure of the intricacies of such technologies.
CTI recognizes that those unfamiliar with the patent process or with the legal rights governing the intellectual property of private citizens may not understand this policy. However, any competent patent attorney should be willing to explain these rights.
CTI rigorously adheres to commonly accepted practices by private business. They are protected by rights granted under the Constitution of the United States of America and all laws governing any and all forms of intellectual property rights, including the protection of trade secrets.
CTI is keenly aware that many in academia and government who do not enjoy the same rights as domestic private citizens, by virtue of having given away such rights as a condition of employment, may find it frustrating not to have the right to demand details and secrets about private sector products. We trust that technical postings, such as the directory below, will satisfy most of their intellectual curiosity.
To those desiring to compete against CTI in the field that CTI pioneered, we say: Gripe all you want about wanting to know things to which you are not entitled. CTI will not surrender its legal rights. It will still follow its trademark, adding to its technology base:
"Soil DoctorŽ Systems...... Agricultural Innovation that will never stand still."
We would politely remind the reader that --while public servants themselves may not keep secrets of their expenditures of public funds-- our federal government does allow domestic companies the right to keep such intellectual details protected from public disclosure, particularly in the case of CRDAs (Cooperative Research and Development Agreements) with private industry. Such legally binding agreements bind the government to non-disclosure and non-use of information for approximately five years and provide the industry participant exclusive rights to technology developed using public funds.
Under grant funding, typical of land-grant university grants, no such right to protect non-disclosure of the results of basic research is afforded to those participants. Disclosure of basic research results is mandated even if later on such basic research can be conceptualized and reduced to practice as a patentable invention.
This page is provided as a courtesy and guide to those who want a detailed answer to the question "HOW DOES IT WORK?". For additional information contained within the specification body of CTI patents, please contact the U.S. Patent and Trademarks Office, or connect to the IBM Patent Server to obtain copies of the CTI patents listed below.
The reader is advised to note the scope of the patents awarded to CTI to maximize both your economic returns and the value of the investment your make in both the equipment and software you purchase and your investment in time spent in data acquisition and analysis. These awarded patents establish the precision agriculture practices that can only be done under CTI license. (See Soil Data Collection and Map-Based Application page)
