ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,372, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to GEA FOOD SOLUTIONS BAKEL B.V. (Bakel, Netherlands).

"Brine injection system with improved filtering system" was invented by George Lambertus Josephus Maria Boogers (Uden, Netherlands) and Jacobus Johannes Maria Van Der Laak (Milheeze, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A brine injection system with a plurality of needles, which are inserted into a product and through which brine is injected into the product. Brine which does not end up in the product is collected and recycled, and during recycling, the brine flows through a filter. The filter includes a filter element, along which unfil...