ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,072, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to WEBER FOOD TECHNOLOGY SE & Co. KG (Breidenbach, Germany).

"System for processing food products" was invented by Marvin Schafer (Biedenkopf, Germany), Thorsten Schneider (Weimar/Lahn, Germany), Michael Knauf (Amoneburg, Germany) and Julian Nolte (Leun-Biskirchen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for processing food products comprises a slicing apparatus that is configured to cut off slices from food products and to form part portions having one or more slices in a portioning section. A transport device adjoining the portioning section is provided and the portioning section compris...