ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,307,406, issued on May 20, was assigned to Betafeld LLC (Cambridge, Mass.).

"AI-powered workflow optimization for farm-level food waste" was invented by Tajudeen Iwalewa (Beaverton, Ore.), Alissar Yehya (Lille, France), Babajide Ayinde (Richmond, Texas), Asteroide Santana (Florianopolis, Brazil), Abdul-Akeem Olawoyin (College Station, Texas) and Yongxi Huang (Issaquah, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods of the present disclosure relate to workflow optimization for farm level food waste. A method includes employing a material database design for identifying new uses for food waste. The method further includes image p...