US Patent Issued to Marel Poultry on Sept. 30 for "Joint cutting apparatus" (Dutch Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,606, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Marel Poultry B.V. (Av Boxmeer, Netherlands).

"Joint cutting apparatus" was invented by Jan Willem Bos (Av Boxmeer, Netherlands), Marinus Petrus Johannes Thijssen (Av Boxmeet, Netherlands), Paul Godefridus Gerardus Arnts (Av Boxmeer, Netherlands) and Maurice Eduardus Theodorus Van Esbroeck (Av Boxmeer, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A joint cutting apparatus for providing a cut in a wing or leg of a poultry carcass which is being moved in a transport direction by a conveyor is disclosed. The wing includes at least a joint connecting at least a first bone and a second bone and join...