ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,543,771, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Cargill Inc. (Wayzata, Minn.).

"Batter showering apparatus and application method" was invented by Pacharada Chaikheawgaw (Nan, Thailand), Preeyanuch Chaiprasitphon (Bangkok) and Jutamas Khongpoonvirun (Muang Nakhonratchasima, Thailand).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of coating batter onto food products, including the steps of conveying at least one food product on atop surface of a conveyor toward a battering machine, conveying the at least one food product under a batter distribution chamber of the battering machine, wherein the batter distribution chamber comprises a plurality of spa...