US Patent Issued to Seattle Food Tech on Sept. 30 for "Automated meat analogue production systems" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,611, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Seattle Food Tech Inc. (Seattle).

"Automated meat analogue production systems" was invented by Christie Lagally (Seattle), Julia O'Donnell (Seattle), Jeffray Behr (Burlington, Canada), Chloe Grubb (Seattle) and Margaret Rosner (Tacoma, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods describe improvements in the automated production of meat analogues. Ingredients are provided, including oil, water, binding agent(s), and one or more forms of protein to be separately and continuously conveyed through a facility. Concurrently to the ingredients being conveyed through the facility, a numb...