US Patent Issued to Colorado State University Research Foundation on July 22 for "Fruit maturity and quality scanning" (Colorado Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,524, issued on July 22, was assigned to Colorado State University Research Foundation (Fort Collins, Colo.).

"Fruit maturity and quality scanning" was invented by Ioannis Minas (Fort Collins, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The true impact of preharvest factors such as crop load, canopy position, cultivar and rootstock on peach internal quality can be determined using multivariate visible light radiation (Vis) and near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) prediction models to non-destructively assess peach internal quality (dry matter content, DMC; soluble solids concentration, SSC) and maturity (index of absorbance difference, IAD). A ...