ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,264,372, issued on April 1, was assigned to National Beef Packing Co. LLC (Kansas City, Mo.).
"Hide sorting systems and methods" was invented by Robert Horst Hein (Kansas City, Mo.) and Kenneth Graham Press (Kansas City, Mo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems for sorting hides are provided. In particular, one or more embodiments comprise a tanning control system that enhances the traceability of hides by capturing and utilizing data related to the unloading, tanning, sorting, and packaging of hides. Furthermore, one or more embodiments enable the tanning control system to improve efficiency by sorting hides based, at leas...