US Patent Issued to Earth Funeral Group on July 21 for "Natural organic reduction system" (Idaho, California, Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,651, issued on July 21, was assigned to Earth Funeral Group Inc. (Auburn, Wash.).

"Natural organic reduction system" was invented by Thomas Henry Harries (San Francisco), Justin Matthews Knowles (Hayden, Idaho), Marko Oviir (Shoreline, Wash.), Matthew Lane Moloney (Seattle), Scott James Healy (Seattle), Christopher Paul Harry (Issaquah, Wash.), Geoffrey Becker Hill (Shoreline, Wash.) and Barrett Estep Krueger (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various systems and methods associated with human composting, such as Natural Organic Reduction (NOR), are described herein. The systems and methods may provide an array of composters, or ...