US Patent Issued to Massey University on Sept. 16 for "Process and apparatus for phase-change extrusion of aqueous material" (New Zealander Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,414,575, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Massey University (Palmerston North, New Zealand).

"Process and apparatus for phase-change extrusion of aqueous material" was invented by Richard Hamilton Archer (Palmerston North, New Zealand), Lindsay James Robertson (Palmerston North, New Zealand) and Jolin Morel (Palmerston North, New Zealand).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a continuous process for freezing a flow of aqueous material in liquid form and moving the aqueous material through at least one tube from an inlet of the tube to an outlet of the tube so as to form a breakable or cuttable frozen extrusion witho...