ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,289, issued on May 13, was assigned to THE KROGER Co. (Cincinnati).
"Freshness sensor devices and related methods" was invented by Adam Rigby (Fort Mitchell, Ky.), Chris Daniels (Southgate, Ky.), Addison Carter (Cincinnati), Seth Blovits (Cincinnati), Connor Rahm (Goshen, Ohio), Noe Alvarez (Cincinnati), Olivia North (Cincinnati), Brendan Payne (Cincinnati), Michael Jordan (Park Hills, Ky.) and Fernando Eli Garcia (Cincinnati).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for detecting freshness of a perishable item is provided. The device includes at least one sensor for detecting an analyte of interest in the perishable item. The device f...