ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,213, issued on July 22, was assigned to RA FOODS HOLDINGS LLC (Southlake, Texas).

"Container for growth of cryo-sprouts" was invented by Dennis Lonergan (Long Lake, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Containers for growth of cryo-sprouts with reduced numbers of pathogenic organisms. The covered containers have an air-permeable seal and may also have additional openings to increase the air permeability rate of the covered container. The air permeability rate is balanced to have sufficient air exchange but with an evaporation rate that is low enough to avoid addition of water during germination and growth of the cryo-sprouts. The see...