US Patent Issued to JJG IP Holdings on April 29 for "Method and apparatus for sorting heterogeneous material" (New York, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,782, issued on April 29, was assigned to JJG IP Holdings LLC (Baldwinsville, N.Y.).

"Method and apparatus for sorting heterogeneous material" was invented by John F. Green (Baldwinsville, N.Y.) and Peter A. Mendre (Haverhill, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system is provided for the identification and separation of heterogeneous material, the system comprising: a hyperspectral identification system for capturing spectra of material; a computer receiving and analyzing data from the hyperspectral identification system and selecting desired materials from the heterogeneous materials; and an ejection system, whereby the desired ma...