ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,696,907, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to GEA FOOD SOLUTIONS BAKEL B.V. (Bakel, Netherlands).

"Thawing-apparatus and method to thaw a substance" was invented by Joost Van Erp (Nuenen, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a thawing-apparatus, in which a substance is preferably heated. The present invention further relates to a method to thaw a substance with radio-frequency waves."

The patent was filed on Nov. 11, 2022, under Application No. 17/985,184.

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