ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,138, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Cargill Inc. (Wayzata, Minn.).
"Method of sorting beef carcasses" was invented by Scott T. Howard (Wichita, Kan.) and Chancie B. Rose (Rose Hill, Kan.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of sorting beef carcasses comprises determining the hot carcass weight and the Torso Section Thickness of a plurality of beef carcasses at a Standardized Location on the carcass torso; determining the ratio of hot carcass weight to Torso Section Thickness of individual carcasses of the plurality of beef carcasses and, prior to processing of the carcasses into smaller portions, sorting the carcasses into a g...