US Patent Issued to EIDGENOSSISCHES DEPARTEMENT FUR WIRTSCHAFT, BILDUNG UND FORSCHUNG (WBF) AGROSCOPE on June 23 for "Method for smear-ripening of cheese" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,660,834, issued on June 23, was assigned to EIDGENOSSISCHES DEPARTEMENT FUR WIRTSCHAFT, BILDUNG UND FORSCHUNG (WBF) AGROSCOPE (Bern, Switzerland).

"Method for smear-ripening of cheese" was invented by Helena Stoffers (Konolfingen, Switzerland), Hans-Peter Bachmann (Merligen, Switzerland) and Karl Schafroth (Langnau, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for smear-ripening a cheese is disclosed. The method includes a step of applying an envelope on a freshly brined cheese which is in direct physical contact with the surface of the cheese and which is permeable for metabolites produced by microorganisms and for microorganisms...