ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,563,647, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Alkar-RapidPak Inc. (Lodi, Wis.).

"Food processing machines with microwave heating systems and microwave suppression systems" was invented by Stephen Michael King (Cottage Grove, Wis.), Thomas John Hansel (Madison, Wis.), Graeme Bunce (Goffstown, N.H.), Thomas Paulson (Pardeeville, Wis.), Thomas Victor Sonntag (Lodi, Wis.), Craig R. Bonneville (Black Earth, Wis.), Easten Lovelace (Pasco, Wash.), Shane Patrick Grady (Verona, Wis.), Paul Christopher Buschkopf (Sun Prairie, Wis.) and Dalton Brian McGinness (Merrimack, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A food processing machine for processing a f...