ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,505,454, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Kilcoy Pastoral Co. Ltd. (Birtinya, Australia).
"Packaging compliance method" was invented by Jarrod Teale (Birtinya, Australia) and Nigel Adler (Birtinya, Australia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A packaging compliance method comprising: associating a packaging label having a unique first digitally readable element with a unique record in a database; the unique record in the database containing information about an item of produce; applying the packaging label directly to the item of produce or packaging containing the item of produce; packing two or more items of produce into a container havi...