ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,507,702, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Meyn Food Processing Technology B.V. (Oostzaan, Netherlands).

"Eviscerating tool" was invented by Hermanus Laurentius Zomerdijk (Oostzaan, Netherlands), Derek Raymond Dil (Oostzaan, Netherlands) and Evert Kikstra (Oostzaan, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An eviscerating tool include jaw arms provided with jaws at extremities of the jaw arms. At least one jaw arm of the jaw arms is rotatable around an axis of rotation to provide that the eviscerating tool is movable between an open position and a closed position. In the open position the jaws can grip and in the closed position the j...