ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,228,557, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Desert Valley Date Inc. (Coachella, Calif.).
"Moisture detection apparatus and process" was invented by Gregory Paul Kirkjan (Palm Desert, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of a water detection apparatus are disclosed that can detect characteristics of food products. The apparatus may include a conveying mechanism configured to move a food product through an aperture in the apparatus, a transmitter coil configured to transmit a signal within the aperture, and a receiver coil configured to receive the signal altered by the food product, and a signal processing unit configured to ...