ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,482, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to SANFILIPPO TECH LLC (Schaumburg, Ill.).

"System for aseptic packaging and method of using the same" was invented by John Sanfilippo (Schaumburg, Ill.) and James J. Sanfilippo (Schaumburg, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods of aseptic processing of product can include a hopper for introduction of the product into the system and one or more components through which the product flows as it is processed through the system, an enclosure surrounding one more of the components, a gassing assembly comprising a plurality of gassing elements for maintaining a substantially constant flo...