ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,597, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to YNSECT (Evry-Courcouronnes, France).

"Method for treating insects, in which the cuticles are separated from the soft part of the insects using a belt separator" was invented by Sophie Laurent (Paris), Thibault Sarton Du Jonchay (Chevrieres, France), Jean-Gabriel Levon (Paris), Ceclia Socolsky (Paris), Lorena Sanchez (Juvisy, France), Nathalie Berezina (Paris), Benjamin Armenjon (Paris) and Antoine Hubert (Alfortville, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method for treating insects, comprising the separation of the cuticles from the soft part of the insects, wherein ...