ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,112, issued on Aug. 4.

"Laminar gassing rail for food packaging" was invented by Francisco J. Soria (Big Rock, Ill.) and Koon H. Wong (Deerfield, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gassing rail apparatus to be used in a food packaging conveyor system. A rail top assembly including a rail top, a gas port coupled to the laminar flow port opening, a three layer element, the three layer element is received by the lower portion of the rail top, and a rail frame which extends along a longitudinal axis, The gassing rail apparatus further includes a rail bottom located below the top rail. The rail bottom adapted to receive at least one rai...