ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,057, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to JOHN BEAN TECHNOLOGIES MAQUINAS E EQUIPAMENTOS INDUSTRIAIS LTDA. (Araraquara, Brazil).

"Equipment and method for processing poultry parts" was invented by Sergio Renato Martins Pereira (Chapeco, Brazil) and Bruno Luis Lise (Chapeco, Brazil).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention refers to an equipment (30) and a method for processing poultry parts (14a, 14b, 14c). The equipment (30) comprising: a conveyor belt (11) comprising; a plurality of recesses (12a, 12b, 12c), each recess (12a, 12b, 12c) being configured to receive a proximal part (13a, 13b, 13c) of the poultry part (14a, 14...