US Patent Issued to RIPELOCKER on March 18 for "Measurement and control of respiration of perishable commodities in low absolute pressure method, system, and apparatus" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,281, issued on March 18, was assigned to RIPELOCKER LLC.

"Measurement and control of respiration of perishable commodities in low absolute pressure method, system, and apparatus" was invented by George Frank Lobisser (Bainbridge Island, Wash.), Ricardo I. Diaz-Carcamo (Wenatchee, Wash.), Andrew B. Harrah (Bainbridge Island, Wash.), Yong-Ki Kim (Yakima, Wash.), Eric Levi (Bainbridge Island, Wash.) and Alexander Keith Tellekson (Kingston, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, apparatus, and system to measure and control respiration of a perishable commodity in a vacuum chamber, including for purposes of extending a shelf life ...