US Patent Issued to Land O'Lakes on June 24 for "Extruded, multi-portioned butter products and system and methods of producing same" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,495, issued on June 24, was assigned to Land O'Lakes Inc. (Arden Hills, Minn.).

"Extruded, multi-portioned butter products and system and methods of producing same" was invented by Joseph V. Burger (Apple Valley, Minn.), Jonathan Anderson (Minneapolis), Sharon K. Cody (Maple Grove, Minn.) and Lisa Ryan (Lakeville, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An extruded butter stick product includes a plurality of pre-defined portions successively connected lengthwise to an adjacent portion by a connecting bridge, each bridge comprising a height that is at least 15% and up to 50% of the total height of the butter stick. Sidewalls of the succ...