ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,490,748, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to MAREL RED MEAT B.V. (Lichtenvoorde, Netherlands).
"Spine processing device" was invented by Bastiaan Martinus Cornelis Albers (Lichtenvoorde, Netherlands), Niels Antonio William Koster (Lichtenvoorde, Netherlands), Jan Johannes Meerdink (Lichtenvoorde, Netherlands), Robert David Van Riet (Lichtenvoorde, Netherlands), Franciscus Theodorus Henricus Johannes Van Der Steen (Lichtenvoorde, Netherlands) and Leonardus Jozephus Antonius Tiggeloven (Lichtenvoorde, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method, system and spine processing device, for loosening meat from a spi...