ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,316, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to MARS Inc. (McLean, Va.).
"Packaged food products" was invented by Cornelis Jan Van Appeldoorn (Oud Beijerland, Netherlands), Paul Alois Maria Otten (Olen, Belgium), Annica Bonna (Oud Beijerland, Netherlands), Martijn Johannes Maria De Vries (Oud Beijerland, Netherlands) and Marcel Christian Anthony Velthuis (Oud Beijerland, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for the production of a stabilized packaged food product comprising the steps of: filling a tray with a predetermined quantity of a food starting material; introducing the tray into a pressure vessel and conveying the tra...