ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,584, issued on July 29, was assigned to SMARTWASH SOLUTIONS LLC (Salinas, Calif.).

"Methods and systems for improving water usage in food processing" was invented by Christopher Michael Mcginnis (Salinas, Calif.), Greg Rolsky (Carmel Valley, Calif.), James M. Brennan (Pleasanton, Calif.) and Eric Child Wilhelmsen (Milpitas, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and apparatus for improving water usage in food processing are provided. One example food processing system generally includes a wash tank for containing at least a portion of first wash water and a water sprayer configured to spray a quantity of second wash water on a...