ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,408,633, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Desvac (Saint-Barthelemy-d'Anjou, France).

"Method and apparatus for delivering fluid droplets onto an open and stationary tray" was invented by Julie Mars (Saint-Barthelemy D'Anjou, France), Beatrice Scherdel (Saint-Barthelemy D'Anjou, France) and Olivier Boisdon (Saint-Barthelemy D'Anjou, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for delivering droplets of fluids onto an open tray containing poultry, the tray being stationary. According to the invention, the method comprises the following steps: (a) a movable arm is moved over the tray in t...