ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,221, issued on March 25, was assigned to ISHIDA EUROPE Ltd. (Birmingham, Great Britain).
"Food product quality control system" was invented by Graham Neale (Bournemouth, Great Britain) and Lee Vine (Poole, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A food product quality control system is provided. The system comprises a support structure, an inspection unit for detecting at least one property of a food product supplied to the inspection unit, the inspection unit being mounted on the support structure, and a conveyor system for conveying a food product through and/or past the inspection unit, the conveyor system being mounted on t...