ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,998, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to CJ CHEILJEDANG Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Food texture measuring apparatus and food texture measuring method" was invented by Joo Hee Lim (Seoul, South Korea) and Sang-Eui Choi (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a food texture measuring apparatus and a food texture measuring method, and more specifically to a food texture measuring apparatus which is capable of simultaneously measuring texture patterns of a subject and capable of measuring texture according to the size and shape of the subject."

The patent was filed on Nov. 9, 2022, under Appl...