ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,420, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Green Eco International Ltd (Australia).

"System and method for food waste decomposition" was invented by Jason Hoen (Victoria, Australia), Rohan Dinn (Victoria, Australia), Paul Newman (Lancashire, Great Britain), Neal Rothwell (Lancashire, Great Britain), Siamak Sharifi-Jamali (Lancashire, Great Britain), Brian McCartney (Lancashire, Great Britain), Stephen Pinchen (Derbyshire, Great Britain), Paul Bush (Lancashire, Great Britain) and Neil Brierley (Lancashire, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Machines, processes and methods in relation to processing of waste, in particular food was...