ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,408,678, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"Freshness of fruit and/or vegetables" was invented by Celine Catherine Sarah Nicole (Eindhoven, Netherlands) and Daniel Willem Elisabeth Schobben (Waalre, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system to illuminate fruit and/or vegetables in the food storage facility, comprising a lamp (8) and a controller (12). The lamp is operable to provide the illumination with a first light output and a second light output, the first light output having a higher intensity and at least a red-bias spectrum relative to the second light output. Further, th...