ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,647, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Ecolab USA Inc. (Saint Paul, Minn.).
"Hygiene system for a portable packaged food container" was invented by Wenbin Wei (Shanghai), Ying Zhang (Shanghai), Zhili Ding (Shanghai) and Huarong Yu (Shanghai).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system may automatically conduct hygiene cycles for a confined space such an interior space of a box suitable for storing and/or carrying packaged food. The system may include a hygiene device that can be attached to the box to conduct the hygiene cycles. The system may also automatically collect information related to the hygiene cycles and transmit the collected...