ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,292, issued on July 29, was assigned to KPB B.V. (Helmond, Netherlands).

"Device for fresh produce" was invented by Koen Pijnenburg (Helmond, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Device for keeping fresh produce conditioned, particularly for fruit, comprising a receptacle with a substantially cup-shaped chamber which is enclosed by a wall and conditioning means, wherein the conditioning means comprise at least a cooling device (35) and at least an air displacing device (55), wherein a cavity (25) comprises at least one air channel (25, 27) which is in open communication with the air displacing device so as to guide the forced a...