ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,649,157, issued on June 9.

"Method of crushing and processing grain without destroying germ pouches in the grain" was invented by Christopher Bihn (Fort Recovery, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system of crushing and processing grain without destroying germ pouches in the grain by: (a) pneumatically transporting grain from truck to a cyclone and processing bin to a pre-crushing area; (b) dropping the grain from the pre-crushing area down into a single pass crushing machine while simultaneously releasing air from the pre-crushing area such that the grain falls from the pre-crushing area into a single-pass crushing machine under the ...