US Patent Issued on Nov. 3 for "Method and device for determining whether an oilseed, a nut, in particular a hazelnut, or a seed is rancid" (Austrian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,270, issued on Nov. 3.

"Method and device for determining whether an oilseed, a nut, in particular a hazelnut, or a seed is rancid" was invented by Philipp Staubmann (Weiz, Austria) and Anton Scheibelmasser (Graz, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method for determining whether an oilseed, a nut, in particular a hazelnut (2), or a seed is rancid, involving irradiating a sample, detecting an absorption or reflection spectrum, determining the content of at least one fatty acid decomposition product in the sample, and ascertaining a degree of rancidity using the content of the at least one fatty acid decom...