ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,087, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Luttjehuizen Holding B.V. (Dongen, Netherlands).

"System and process for inserting a skewer into a food product and for spirally cutting said food product" was invented by Robert Luttjehuizen (Dongen, Netherlands) and Karel Van Der Leegte (Dongen, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a system and process for producing a spiral food product on a skewer, such as twister potato. The system thereto comprising a clamping element for clamping the food product, a guiding structure for guiding a skewer towards the centre region of the clamped food product, a pusher for pu...