ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,520,855, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to BioSure North America LLC (Fair Oaks Ranch, Texas).

"Immersion container for treating produce with an ozonated concentrate liquid" was invented by Darren Simmons (Fair Oaks Ranch, Texas), Ivor J.J. Longo (Atlanta, Texas), Wayne Simmons (Adkins, Texas) and H Brock Kolls (Alpharetta, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An immersion container for treating produce with an ozonated concentrate liquid is disclosed. The container is configured to hold produce up to a produce fill line and ozonated concentrate liquid up to an ozonated concentrate liquid fill line, ensuring full immersion of the produce....