ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,271, issued on July 22, was assigned to Frito-Lay Trading Co. GmbH (Bern, Switzerland).
"Potato storage" was invented by Gemma A. Chope (Leicester, Great Britain), Simon C. McWilliam (Leicester, Great Britain), Leon A. Terry (Bedfordshire, Great Britain), Katherine Cools (Binfeld, Great Britain) and Roberta Tosetti (Norwich, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of storing potatoes, the method comprising the steps of: iv. providing a plurality of dormant potatoes, wherein the potatoes have been cured after harvesting; v. treating the potatoes with 1-methylcyclopropene, the treatment comprising exposing the potatoes, w...