US Patent Issued to Ecolab USA on Jan. 13 for "Method for controlling hygiene of a portable packaged food container" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,458, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Ecolab USA Inc. (Saint Paul, Minn.).

"Method for controlling hygiene of 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 and a user interface device that can wirelessly communicate with the hygiene device to control t...